🇸🇨 The colours of the Seychelles

Seychelles' flag features blue, yellow, red, white, and green bands, each with its own meaning. Blue stands for the sky and sea, yellow for the sun, red for the people and their unity, white for social justice, and green for the land. These colours also reflect the country's main political parties.

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

• The flag has five diagonal bands.
• Each colour symbolises a different aspect of Seychelles.
• Blue and yellow represent one political party; red, white, and green another.
• The current flag was adopted in 1996.
• Earlier flags reflected political changes in the country.

The colours of the flag of the Seychelles

The Seychelles flag is made up of five slanting bands: blue, yellow, red, white, and green. Each colour has a stated meaning. Blue stands for the sky and the sea, yellow for the sun, red for the people and their unity and love, white for social justice and harmony, and green for the land and nature. The bands spread out from one corner, showing the country's forward movement. These meanings are officially recognised.

How the colours were chosen of the Seychelles

Seychelles' first flag after independence in 1976 had blue and red triangles, resembling a shipping company's flag and the Democratic Party's flag. In 1977, after a change in leadership, a new flag with red, white, and green stripes (based on the Seychelles People's United Party flag) was introduced. This version differed from the party flag by omitting a sun symbol. The current flag, adopted in 1996, combines colours from both major parties to reflect a more inclusive national identity.

Official shades and rules of the Seychelles

The flag's five colours are drawn from the official colours of the two main political parties. The red, white, and green match the United Seychelles party, while blue and yellow come from the Seychelles Democratic Party. No official shade specifications or proportions are given in the sources.