Flag of Guinea
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{{Infobox flag
| Name = Republic of Guinea
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| Image = Flag of Guinea.svg
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| Use = 111111
| Symbol = {{FIAV|111111}} {{FIAV|normal}} {{FIAV|Mirror}}
| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption = {{start date and age|1958|11|10|df=y}}
| Design = A vertical tricolour of red, yellow and green
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The national flag of Guinea ({{langx|fr|drapeau national de la Guinée}}) is a triband of red, yellow, and green.{{cite web | url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Guinea_2010#s15 | title=Guinea 2010 Constitution - Constitute }} It was adopted on 10 November 1958, with the publication of the country's first Constitution.{{Cite web|title=République de Guinée: Constitution du 10 novembre 1958|url=https://mjp.univ-perp.fr/constit/gn1958.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129004024/https://mjp.univ-perp.fr/constit/gn1958.htm|archive-date=29 January 2021|access-date=5 September 2021|website=Digithèque de matériaux juridiques et politiques|language=fr}}{{Cite web|title=Guinean Flag Legislation|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gn_law.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.crwflags.com}}
Design
The colors of the flag were adapted from those of the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain, the dominant movement at the time of independence. The colors were in turn derived from those of the flag of Ghana, which had first adopted them in 1957. Sékou Touré, the first President of Guinea, was a close associate of Kwame Nkrumah, the former president of Ghana.
= Colors =
According to Sékou Touré, first President of Guinea, the three colors of the flag represent the following: red symbolizes the blood of anti-colonialist martyrs, the labor of the working classes, and the wish for progress; yellow represents Guinean gold, as well as the sun, which is "the source of energy, generosity and equality for all men to which he gives light equally"; and green represents the country's vegetation, continued prosperity arising from its natural resources, and the historically difficult life of the Guinean masses who live in the countryside. In turn, the symbolism behind each of the three colors corresponds to the three components of the national motto: Travail, Justice, Solidarité ("Work, Justice, Solidarity").{{Cite web|title=Guinea|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gn.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.crwflags.com}}
In keeping with other flags in the region, the Pan-African movement's colors of red, yellow, and green are used.
The design is a tricolor. The colors of the flag from left to right are the reverse of the flag of Mali. The previous flag of Rwanda (in use from 1961 to 2001), the design of which was inspired by the flag of the Kingdom of Rwanda, had a large black R to distinguish it from the near-identical flag of Guinea.{{Cite web|title=Rwanda : Historical Flags|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags////rw-1962.html#first|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.crwflags.com}}
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| class="wikitable" width="600px" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left" |
| style="text-align: center; background: #eee"
! 30px !style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFF; width:150px"| Red !style="background:#FCD116; color:#000; width:150px"| Yellow !style="background:#009460; color:#FFF; width:150px"| Green |
| Pantone
| 186c | 116c | 340c |
| CMYK
| 0-0.92-0.82-0.19 | 0-0.17-0.91-0.01 | 1-0-0.35-0.42 |
| RGB
| 206-17-38 | 252-209-22 | 0-148-96 |
| Hexadecimal
| #CE1126 | #FCD116 | #009460 |
Governmental flags
File:Presidential Standard of Guinea.svg|{{FIAV|normal}} Presidential standard
Historical flags
File:Flag of the Imamate of Futa Djallon (pre-1896).svg|{{FIAV|Historical}} Flag of the Imamate of Futa Jallon (pre-1896)
File:Flag of the Imamate of Futa Djallon (1896-1912).svg|{{FIAV|Historical}} Flag of the Imamate of Futa Jallon after becoming a French protectorate (1896–1912)
File:Flag of the Wassoulou Empire.svg|{{FIAV|reconstructed}} Samory Toure's flag (1898)
File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg|{{FIAV|Historical}} Flag of French Guinea (1912–1958)
File:Presidential Standard of Guinea (1958-1984).svg|{{FIAV|Historical}} Presidential standard of Guinea (1958–1984)
File:Presidential Standard of Guinea (1984-1993).svg|{{FIAV|Historical}} Presidential standard of Guinea (1984–1993)
See also
- Flag of Bolivia, a rotated version of the flag
- Flag of Mali, a mirrored version of the flag
References
{{Commons category|Flags of Guinea}}
{{Reflist}}{{Guinea topics}}
{{Africa topic|Flag of|title=Flags of Africa}}
{{Nationalflags}}
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Category:Flags introduced in 1958