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title: "Flags with green in them — all 41"
description: "41 national flags use green, and they mean very different things by it — from blood shed to fertile land. Each country's own reading, with its hex value."
url: https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/green/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Flags with green in them

41 of the 126 flags here carry green, and they do not agree on what it represents. The table gives each country's own stated meaning rather than a generalisation across them.

| Country | What green stands for there | Hex |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | Faith, fertility and the land | #138808 |
| Brazil | The forests; historically the House of Braganza | #009C3B |
| Italy | Traditionally the plains and hills; officially "fern green" | #008C45 |
| Mexico | Originally independence; now commonly read as hope | #006847 |
| Ireland | The Gaelic and Catholic tradition | #169B62 |
| South Africa | No official meaning is assigned | #007A4D |
| Jamaica | Hope, and the agricultural resources of the island | #009B3A |
| Pakistan | The Muslim majority | #01411C |
| Palestine | The Fatimid caliphate | #007A3D |
| Portugal | Hope, and the colour of the 1910 republican movement | #046A38 |
| Saudi Arabia | Traditionally associated with Islam | #006C35 |
| United Arab Emirates | Hope, joy and the fertility of the land | #00732F |
| Bangladesh | The greenery of the land, and its vitality | #006A4E |
| Iran | Growth, happiness and Islam | #239F40 |
| Mozambique | The riches of the land | #007168 |
| Nigeria | The country's forests and agricultural wealth | #008751 |
| Ghana | Forests and natural wealth | #006B3F |
| Kenya | The land and its natural wealth | #006600 |
| Libya | Tripolitania, and the country's agricultural wealth | #239E46 |
| Morocco | The star; the colour of Islam and of hope | #006233 |
| Ethiopia | The land, hope, and fertility | #078930 |
| Lebanon | The cedar; immortality and steadiness | #00A850 |
| Cyprus | The olive branches, for peace between the two communities | #4E5B31 |
| Iraq | The script; the colour of Islam | #007A3D |
| Ivory Coast | The forests of the south, and hope | #009E60 |
| Jordan | The Fatimid caliphate | #007A3D |
| Sri Lanka | The Muslim community | #00534E |
| Bolivia | The fertility of the land | #007934 |
| Senegal | Hope, and Islam; also the prophet's colour | #00853F |
| Turkmenistan | Islam, and the country itself | #00843D |
| Belize | The mahogany tree and the wreath of fifty leaves | #289400 |
| Kuwait | The fertile land | #007A3D |
| Cameroon | The forests of the south, and hope | #007A5E |
| Mali | The fertility of the land | #14B53A |
| South Sudan | The land and its agricultural wealth | #078930 |
| Sudan | Islam, agriculture and prosperity | #007229 |
| Dominica | The island's forests | #006B3F |
| Guyana | Forests and agriculture | #009E49 |
| Lesotho | Prosperity | #009543 |
| Maldives | Peace, prosperity, and the coconut palm | #007E3A |
| Mauritania | Islam, and hope for a prosperous future | #006233 |

## Read the whole flag

- [The flag of India](https://atoneplace.net/flag/india/) — Three equal horizontal bands of saffron, white and green, with a navy blue 24-spoke wheel centred on the white band.
- [The flag of Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/flag/brazil/) — A green field with a large yellow rhombus, inside which a blue globe carries 27 white stars and a curved white band reading ORDEM E PROGRESSO.
- [The flag of Italy](https://atoneplace.net/flag/italy/) — Three equal vertical bands of green at the hoist, white, and red.
- [The flag of Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/flag/mexico/) — Three equal vertical bands of green, white and red, with the national coat of arms — a golden eagle on a cactus, devouring a snake — centred on the white.
- [The flag of Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/flag/ireland/) — Three equal vertical bands of green at the hoist, white, and orange.
- [The flag of South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/flag/south-africa/) — A green horizontal Y laid on its side, outlined in white and gold, separating a red band above and a blue band below, with a black triangle at the hoist inside the Y.
- [The flag of Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/flag/jamaica/) — A gold diagonal cross dividing the flag into four triangles: green at top and bottom, black at hoist and fly.
- [The flag of Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/flag/pakistan/) — A dark green field with a white crescent and five-pointed star at the centre of the fly, and a white vertical band occupying the quarter nearest the hoist.
- [The flag of Palestine](https://atoneplace.net/flag/palestine/) — Three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red triangle at the hoist.
- [The flag of Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/flag/portugal/) — A green band at the hoist covering two-fifths and a red band covering three-fifths, with an armillary sphere and the national shield over the join.
- [The flag of Saudi Arabia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/saudi-arabia/) — A green field bearing the Islamic declaration of faith in white Thuluth script, with a horizontal white sword beneath it, point toward the hoist.
- [The flag of United Arab Emirates](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-arab-emirates/) — A vertical red band at the hoist with three equal horizontal bands of green, white and black filling the rest.
- [The flag of Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/flag/bangladesh/) — A dark green field with a red disc set slightly toward the hoist of centre.
- [The flag of Iran](https://atoneplace.net/flag/iran/) — Three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red, with a red emblem centred on the white and a band of stylised Kufic script repeated along the inner edges of the green and red bands.
- [The flag of Mozambique](https://atoneplace.net/flag/mozambique/) — Green, black and yellow horizontal bands separated by thin white fimbriations, with a red triangle at the hoist bearing a yellow star, on which sit an open book, a hoe and an AK-47 with a bayonet.
- [The flag of Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/flag/nigeria/) — Three equal vertical bands of green, white and green.
- [The flag of Ghana](https://atoneplace.net/flag/ghana/) — Three equal horizontal bands of red, gold and green, with a black five-pointed star centred on the gold.
- [The flag of Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/flag/kenya/) — Three horizontal bands of black, red and green separated by thin white stripes, with a red, black and white Maasai shield and two crossed spears at the centre.
- [The flag of Libya](https://atoneplace.net/flag/libya/) — A black band filling the centre half of the flag, with red above and green below, and a white crescent and five-pointed star at the centre.
- [The flag of Morocco](https://atoneplace.net/flag/morocco/) — A red field with a green interlaced five-pointed star outlined at the centre.
- [The flag of Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/ethiopia/) — Three equal horizontal bands of green, yellow and red, with a blue disc at the centre bearing a yellow pentagram and rays.
- [The flag of Lebanon](https://atoneplace.net/flag/lebanon/) — Three horizontal bands of red, white and red, the white twice the height of each red band, with a green cedar tree at the centre.
- [The flag of Cyprus](https://atoneplace.net/flag/cyprus/) — A white field with a copper-coloured silhouette of the island above two crossed green olive branches.
- [The flag of Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/flag/iraq/) — Three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with the phrase ALLĀHU AKBAR in green Kufic script on the white band.
- [The flag of Ivory Coast](https://atoneplace.net/flag/ivory-coast/) — Three equal vertical bands of orange at the hoist, white, and green.
- [The flag of Jordan](https://atoneplace.net/flag/jordan/) — Three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red triangle at the hoist bearing a small white seven-pointed star.
- [The flag of Sri Lanka](https://atoneplace.net/flag/sri-lanka/) — A dark red field with a gold lion holding a sword and four gold bo leaves at the corners, beside two vertical stripes of green and orange at the hoist, all within a gold border.
- [The flag of Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/bolivia/) — Three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow and green, with the coat of arms on the yellow band on the state version.
- [The flag of Senegal](https://atoneplace.net/flag/senegal/) — Three equal vertical bands of green, yellow and red, with a green five-pointed star on the yellow.
- [The flag of Turkmenistan](https://atoneplace.net/flag/turkmenistan/) — A green field with a white crescent and five white stars at the upper hoist, and a vertical red stripe near the hoist containing five carpet guls above two crossed olive branches.
- [The flag of Belize](https://atoneplace.net/flag/belize/) — A blue field with narrow red stripes top and bottom, and a large white disc at the centre carrying a coat of arms with two woodcutters, a mahogany tree and a shield of tools.
- [The flag of Kuwait](https://atoneplace.net/flag/kuwait/) — Three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red, with a black trapezoid at the hoist spanning the full height.
- [The flag of Cameroon](https://atoneplace.net/flag/cameroon/) — Three equal vertical bands of green, red and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star centred on the red.
- [The flag of Mali](https://atoneplace.net/flag/mali/) — Three equal vertical bands of green, yellow and red, with no emblem.
- [The flag of South Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/flag/south-sudan/) — Black, red and green horizontal bands separated by thin white stripes, with a blue triangle at the hoist bearing a gold five-pointed star.
- [The flag of Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/flag/sudan/) — Three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with a green triangle at the hoist.
- [The flag of Dominica](https://atoneplace.net/flag/dominica/) — A green field with a centred cross of three stripes — yellow, black and white — and a red disc at the centre bearing a purple sisserou parrot ringed by ten green stars.
- [The flag of Guyana](https://atoneplace.net/flag/guyana/) — A green field with a red triangle at the hoist edged in black, and a longer yellow arrowhead triangle edged in white pointing to the fly.
- [The flag of Lesotho](https://atoneplace.net/flag/lesotho/) — Three horizontal bands of blue, white and green, the white double height, with a black mokorotlo hat centred on it.
- [The flag of Maldives](https://atoneplace.net/flag/maldives/) — A red field with a large green rectangle at the centre bearing a white crescent, its points facing the fly.
- [The flag of Mauritania](https://atoneplace.net/flag/mauritania/) — A green field with a horizontal gold crescent, points upward, above which sits a gold five-pointed star, and with a red horizontal band at the top and bottom edges.

## Related pages

- [Flags with black in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/black/)
- [Flags with blue in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/blue/)
- [Flags with copper in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/copper/)
- [Flags with crimson in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/crimson/)
- [Flags with gold in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/gold/)
- [Flags with light blue in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/light blue/)
- [Flags with maroon in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/maroon/)
- [Flags with orange in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/orange/)
- [Flags with purple in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/purple/)
- [Flags with red in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/red/)
- [Flags with saffron in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/saffron/)
- [Flags with sky blue in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/sky blue/)
- [Flags with white in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/white/)
- [Flags with yellow in them](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/yellow/)