Gran Colombia
#5090 · Columbia
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#0040 · national
Colombia
The national flag of Colombia is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, blue, and red, with a broad yellow band above narrower blue and red stripes.
Traits
- Layout
- Horizontal stripes
- Pattern
- Tricolor
- Text
- None
Details
- Catalogue
- #0040
- Favorites
- 2
- Added
- Jul 1, 2025
- Image source
- commons.wikimedia.org
History
Colombia officially adopted this flag on 26 November 1861. It traces its origins to the flag of Gran Colombia devised by Francisco de Miranda and carried by Simón Bolívar during the wars of independence. A vertical version with a central white eight-pointed star was used after 1834 before the present horizontal design was restored. The yellow is associated with natural resources, wealth, the sun, agriculture, and justice; blue with the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, rivers, sky, loyalty, and vigilance; and red with the blood shed for independence and the determination of the people.
