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title: "Flag of Jordan: colours and meaning"
description: "What every colour and symbol on the Jordan flag stands for, its official 1:2 ratio, and the year the current design was adopted. Plus the flags it gets mistaken for."
url: https://atoneplace.net/flag/jordan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# The flag of Jordan

**The flag of Jordan: Three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red triangle at the hoist bearing a small white seven-pointed star.**

Ratio 1:2 · current design adopted 1928

*[Flag drawn on the page: Jordan]*

This is the flag of the Arab Revolt of 1916 with a star added, and the three bands are a history lesson: each colour names a caliphate, and the red triangle names the dynasty that led the revolt and still reigns in Amman. Palestine flies the same flag without the star, which is the only difference between them. The star's seven points are usually explained by the seven verses of al-Fatiha. Jordan's version dates from 1928, under the Emirate of Transjordan.

## Flags it gets confused with

*[Flag drawn on the page: Jordan, Palestine]*

*Drawn at each flag’s own official ratio, which is itself the difference in some of these pairs.*

| Flag | How to tell them apart |
| --- | --- |
| Palestine | Palestine's flag is identical except that it has no white star in the red triangle. |
| Western Sahara | Adds a red star and crescent on the central white band. |

## What the colours mean

*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.*

- **Black** (#000000) — The Abbasid caliphate
- **White** (#FFFFFF) — The Umayyad caliphate
- **Green** (#007A3D) — The Fatimid caliphate
- **Red** (#CE1126) — The Hashemite dynasty and the Arab Revolt

## The symbols on it

| What | What it stands for |
| --- | --- |
| Seven-pointed star | The seven verses of the opening chapter of the Quran; also read as the unity of the Arab peoples |

- **Ratio:** 1:2
- **Current design adopted:** 1928
- **Colours:** black, white, green, red

## Common questions

### What does the flag of Jordan look like?

Three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red triangle at the hoist bearing a small white seven-pointed star.

### What do the colours of the Jordan flag mean?

Black: the Abbasid caliphate. White: the Umayyad caliphate. Green: the Fatimid caliphate. Red: the Hashemite dynasty and the Arab Revolt.

### How do you tell the Jordan flag from the Palestine one?

Palestine's flag is identical except that it has no white star in the red triangle.

### When was the Jordan flag adopted?

The current design dates from 1928, and its official ratio is 1:2.

## Related pages

- [Jordan](https://atoneplace.net/country/jordan/)
- [The flag of Palestine](https://atoneplace.net/flag/palestine/)
- [Every flag with black in it](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/black/)
- [The flag of Germany](https://atoneplace.net/flag/germany/)
- [The flag of South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/flag/south-korea/)
- [The flag of South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/flag/south-africa/)
- [The flag of Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/flag/jamaica/)
- [The flag of Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/flag/egypt/)
- [The flag of Belgium](https://atoneplace.net/flag/belgium/)
- [The flag of United Arab Emirates](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-arab-emirates/)
- [The flag of Mozambique](https://atoneplace.net/flag/mozambique/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]