🇸🇧 The colours of the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands flag uses blue, green, yellow, and white. Blue stands for the surrounding sea and water, green for the land and its plants, yellow for the sun, and five white stars for the original provinces. These colours reflect both the natural world and the country's regional divisions.

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

• Blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, rivers, and rain.
• Green symbolises the land, trees, and crops.
• Yellow represents the sun and its rays.
• Five white stars stand for the original provinces.
• The flag was adopted eight months before independence in 1978.

The colours of the flag of the Solomon Islands

The flag of Solomon Islands features a blue triangle for water, a green triangle for land, and a yellow stripe for the sun, running diagonally between them. In the upper corner, five white stars are arranged in an X shape, each star representing one of the provinces at independence. The meanings of these colours and symbols are officially described: blue for the sea and water sources, green for the land and its vegetation, yellow for the sun, and white stars for the provinces.

How the colours were chosen of the Solomon Islands

The flag was adopted in 1977, just before independence from Britain. Earlier flag proposals were rejected because their symbols, such as the frigate bird and sea turtle, were seen as representing only certain provinces. The final design, by a New Zealander teaching in Honiara, was chosen for its broader symbolism. The five stars originally matched the five provinces, and this number has not changed even as new provinces were created. Before independence, the islands used British colonial flags, including the Blue Ensign and versions with local emblems.

Official shades and rules of the Solomon Islands

No official colour codes or proportions are given in the sources. The arrangement of five white stars in an X shape in the canton is specified. The flag’s design is fixed, with blue above and green below, separated by a thin yellow diagonal stripe. Variants for ships and government use add the national flag to other backgrounds.