🇰🇲 The colours of the Comoros

Comoros uses yellow, white, red, blue, and green on its flag, each stripe standing for one of the country's four main islands. The green triangle, crescent, and four stars reflect the importance of Islam in Comorian life. These colours and symbols have changed over time with shifts in politics and national identity.

Where no official value is given, the swatch shows the colour family, not the exact shade.

• Each flag stripe stands for a different Comorian island.
• Green, the crescent, and stars symbolise Islam.
• The flag's colours are named in the constitution, but no shades are specified.
• The flag has changed several times since 1963.
• Earlier flags included Arabic inscriptions and different star arrangements.

The colours of the flag of the Comoros

The flag of Comoros features four horizontal stripes in yellow, white, red, and blue, each one linked to a specific island: Mohéli, Mayotte, Anjouan, and Grande Comore. On the left side is a green triangle with a white crescent and four white stars. The green, crescent, and stars are symbols of Islam, which is the main religion in the country. The meanings of the colours and symbols are described in the constitution and reflect both the islands and the Islamic faith. The arrangement of the stars and crescent has varied in earlier versions, but their presence has remained a constant feature.

How the colours were chosen of the Comoros

Comoros' first flag, created in 1963 before independence, was green with a white crescent and four stars. After independence in 1975, the flag changed several times, reflecting shifts in political leadership and ideology. In 1975, red was added to represent socialism. Later, the flag returned to a green field with the crescent and stars rearranged. In the 1990s, Arabic inscriptions were added. The current design, adopted in 2001, introduced four coloured stripes for each main island and kept the Islamic symbols. The flag's evolution shows the country's changing identity and political history.

Official shades and rules of the Comoros

The constitution lists the flag's colours as yellow, white, red, blue, and green, but does not specify exact shades. There are no official standards for the colours' appearance, and proportions have varied across flag versions. The orientation of the stars is usually upwards, but this is not legally fixed. No further regulations for use or display are detailed in the sources.