The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The design was imposed in 1998 by the international High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, after parliament failed to agree on anything — which is why it uses no colour or symbol associated with any of the three constituent peoples. The triangle is usually explained as the rough shape of the country and as the three peoples; the blue and stars are borrowed from European institutions. The two stars at the corners are deliberately cut off by the flag's edge to suggest the sequence continues indefinitely. It is the clearest example anywhere of a flag designed by elimination rather than by symbolism.
What the colours mean
- Blue
#002F6CEurope; taken from the Council of Europe flag - Yellow
#FECB00The sun, and the shape of the country - White
#FFFFFFThe stars
Flag laws usually specify a Pantone chip, a CMYK mix or just a colour name. Converting any of those to sRGB is lossy, which is why published hex values disagree.
- Ratio
- 1:2
- Current design adopted
- 1998
- Colours
- blue, yellow, white
Common questions
- What does the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina look like?
- A blue field with a yellow right triangle along the top edge and a diagonal line of white stars along the triangle's hypotenuse, the top and bottom stars cut off by the flag's edges.
- What do the colours of the Bosnia and Herzegovina flag mean?
- Blue: europe; taken from the Council of Europe flag. Yellow: the sun, and the shape of the country. White: the stars.
- When was the Bosnia and Herzegovina flag adopted?
- The current design dates from 1998, and its official ratio is 1:2.
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)