Western Asia

Kuwait

Three horizontal stripes of green, white, and red with a black trapezoid at the hoist. It was adopted on independence and uses the Pan-Arab colours.

Adopted

1961

Proportion

1:2

Colours

Colours & their meaning

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Green

Part of the traditional Pan-Arab colours; no single official modern state symbolism is universally specified.

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White

Part of the traditional Pan-Arab colours; no single official modern state symbolism is universally specified.

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Red

Part of the traditional Pan-Arab colours; no single official modern state symbolism is universally specified.

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Black

Part of the traditional Pan-Arab colours; no single official modern state symbolism is universally specified.

Black trapezoid

The hoist-side black trapezoid is a distinctive geometric form rather than a separate emblem.

Did you know?

Kuwait’s flag replaced an earlier red maritime flag used under Ottoman and British influence.