Central Europe
Hungary
A horizontal tricolour of red, white and green. The colours were used in Hungarian national symbolism long before the modern flag and the current plain tricolour was adopted after the 1956 revolution.
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Adopted
1957
Proportion
1:2
Colours
3
Colours & their meaning
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Red
Traditionally interpreted as strength.
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White
Traditionally interpreted as faithfulness.
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Green
Traditionally interpreted as hope.
Did you know?
During the 1956 uprising, many Hungarians cut the communist coat of arms out of the center of the flag, leaving a famous hole.