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🇰🇳 The colours of Saint Kitts and Nevis

National colours.

Saint Kitts and Nevis uses a flag with green, red, yellow, black, and white. Each colour has its own meaning: green for the land, red for struggles in the past, yellow for sunshine, black for African heritage, and white stars for the islands and for hope and freedom.

greenRepresents the country's fertile land.
yellowSymbolises the islands' year-round sunshine.
blackRepresents the African ancestry of the people.
whiteThe two stars stand for the two islands, hope, and liberty.
redRemembers the nation’s history of slavery and colonial rule.

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

  • The flag was chosen from 258 competition entries.
  • Green stands for the islands' fertile land.
  • Red is linked to past struggles with slavery and colonialism.
  • Two white stars represent both islands and the ideas of hope and liberty.
  • The flag was first flown at independence in 1983.

The colours of the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis

The flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis is divided diagonally by a black band with a yellow border, running from the lower hoist to the upper fly. The top triangle is green, the bottom is red, and two white stars sit on the black band. The green area is for the islands' rich soil, while red recalls the hardships faced under slavery and colonialism. Yellow edges the black band to show the islands' sunny climate. Black itself is for the people's African roots. The two white stars represent both Saint Kitts and Nevis, and also stand for hope and freedom. These meanings were set by the flag's designer, Edrice Lewis.

How the colours were chosen of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis adopted its current flag in 1983, the year it became independent. Before that, the islands were part of a federation with Anguilla, and their earlier flag reflected a union of three. Anguilla left the federation in 1980, which led to the need for a new flag. A competition was held, and the winning design came from a student, Edrice Lewis. The new flag was first raised just after midnight on independence day.

Official shades and rules of Saint Kitts and Nevis

There are no official colour codes or detailed proportions given in the sources. The flag's design and symbolism were set by its creator, and the arrangement of colours and symbols is fixed, but no further rules are described.

Where this page comes from

The facts in this overview come from the Wikipedia article "Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis", written by its contributors and used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Rang rewrote the text in its own words, with AI assistance, and compares every page with the article to make sure no passage is copied. It may be reused under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence with a link back.

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