The flag of Czechia
The white-over-red bicolour alone is Poland's flag, which is exactly why the blue wedge was added in 1920. When Czechoslovakia split on 1 January 1993, the constitutional act said neither successor state would use the federal symbols; the Czech Republic adopted the flag anyway three weeks later, and Slovakia protested. The blue triangle reaches precisely to the midpoint of the flag's length. Czechia is one of the few countries that inherited its predecessor state's flag unchanged after a dissolution.
Flags it gets confused with
Drawn at each flag’s own official ratio, which is itself the difference in some of these pairs.
| Flag | How to tell them apart |
|---|---|
| Philippines | The Philippines has a white triangle at the hoist with a sun and stars, on blue over red. |
| Poland | Poland is the same two bands without the blue triangle. |
What the colours mean
- White
#FFFFFFFrom the Bohemian lion on red; the upper band - Red
#D7141AThe Bohemian field - Blue
#11457EAdded for Moravia and Slovakia, and to distinguish the flag from Poland's
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
- 2:3
- Current design adopted
- 1920
- Colours
- white, red, blue
Common questions
- What does the flag of Czechia look like?
- A white band over a red band, with a blue triangle extending from the hoist to the centre.
- What do the colours of the Czechia flag mean?
- White: from the Bohemian lion on red; the upper band. Red: the Bohemian field. Blue: added for Moravia and Slovakia, and to distinguish the flag from Poland's.
- How do you tell the Czechia flag from the Philippines one?
- The Philippines has a white triangle at the hoist with a sun and stars, on blue over red.
- When was the Czechia flag adopted?
- The current design dates from 1920, and its official ratio is 2:3.
Related pages
- Czechia Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of Philippines Routinely mistaken for this one
- The flag of Poland Routinely mistaken for this one
- Every flag with white in it
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- The flag of Japan Ratio 2:3
- The flag of France Ratio 2:3
- The flag of Russia Ratio 2:3
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)