🇨🇿 The colours of the Czech Republic
3 meanings recorded, 1 colour tied to the country and 2 colour cities.
The Czech Republic's flag features white, red, and blue. White stands for Bohemia and the sky, red for Moravia and sacrifice for freedom, and blue, once for Slovakia, now means impartiality and sovereignty. These colours are rooted in centuries-old heraldry and national history.
Where no official value is given, the swatch shows the colour family, not the exact shade.
The colours of the flag of the Czech Republic
The Czech flag displays two horizontal bands, white above red, with a blue isosceles triangle at the hoist side. White is tied to Bohemia and is said to represent the sky. Red stands for Moravia and is associated with the sacrifices made for the nation's freedom. Blue, which once symbolised Slovakia, now stands for impartiality and sovereignty. These meanings are both traditional and officially recognised.
How the colours were chosen of the Czech Republic
The Czech colours trace back to a 12th-century coat of arms showing a silver lion on red. After Czechoslovakia’s founding in 1918, the flag used Bohemia’s red and white, but this closely resembled Poland’s flag. In 1920, a blue triangle was added to distinguish it, reflecting Slovakia’s inclusion. The flag was banned during Nazi occupation, briefly replaced after the Velvet Revolution, and then restored. Despite agreements during the 1992 split, the Czech Republic kept this flag.
Official shades and rules of the Czech Republic
Czech law names the flag’s colours as white, red, and blue but does not define exact shades. The only guidance is an official illustration showing rich, saturated versions. The blue triangle must reach halfway across the flag. No official hex codes or precise colour values are set.
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What colours mean in the Czech Republic
Customs vary by region, faith and family; these are the meanings most often recorded.
Decorated Easter eggs are called kraslice, a name that comes from an old word for red. Girls give them to boys on Easter Monday.
Festival and celebrationLuck and prosperityJoySource: Easter eggThe Thursday before Easter is called Green Thursday. By custom people eat something green, such as spinach or herbs, and some pubs serve green beer.
Sacred and holySource: Maundy ThursdayThe flag is white over red, the colours of Bohemia, with a blue wedge added in 1920 so that it could be told from the Polish flag.
Politics and protestSource: Flag of the Czech RepublicColour cities of the Czech Republic
Colours tied to the Czech Republic
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Zinnwaldite: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Prague Cz: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cesky Krumlov Cz: Xth-Floor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source