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title: "Flag of Kosovo: colours and meaning"
description: "What every colour and symbol on the Kosovo flag stands for, its official 5:7 ratio, and the year the current design was adopted. Plus the flags it gets mistaken for."
url: https://atoneplace.net/flag/kosovo/
site: "At One Place"
---

# The flag of Kosovo

**The flag of Kosovo: A blue field with a gold silhouette of the territory below an arc of six white five-pointed stars.**

Ratio 5:7 · current design adopted 2008

Like Bosnia's, this flag was designed to avoid symbolism rather than to carry it: the 2007 competition rules forbade the use of black, red or the double-headed eagle, and required a design acceptable to every community. One of the only two flags showing a map of its own territory, the other being Cyprus. The winning entry, by Muhamer Ibrahimi, was chosen from 993 submissions. This entry describes the flag and does not address questions of recognition or status.

## Flags it gets confused with

| Flag | How to tell them apart |
| --- | --- |
| Cyprus | Cyprus is a white field with a copper map and green olive branches. |

## 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.*

- **Blue** (#244AA5) — A European blue, chosen for neutrality
- **Gold** (#D0A650) — The map
- **White** (#FFFFFF) — The six stars

## The symbols on it

| What | What it stands for |
| --- | --- |
| Six stars | The six major ethnic communities: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma and Bosniaks |

- **Ratio:** 5:7
- **Current design adopted:** 2008
- **Colours:** blue, gold, white

> Published ratios differ: Kosovo's own flag law and Wikipedia give 5:7, while Britannica gives 2:3. A 16:23 variant is specified for table flags.

## Common questions

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

A blue field with a gold silhouette of the territory below an arc of six white five-pointed stars.

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

Blue: a European blue, chosen for neutrality. Gold: the map. White: the six stars.

### How do you tell the Kosovo flag from the Cyprus one?

Cyprus is a white field with a copper map and green olive branches.

### When was the Kosovo flag adopted?

The current design dates from 2008, and its official ratio is 5:7.

## Related pages

- [Kosovo](https://atoneplace.net/country/kosovo/)
- [The flag of Cyprus](https://atoneplace.net/flag/cyprus/)
- [Every flag with blue in it](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/blue/)
- [The flag of United States](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-states/)
- [The flag of India](https://atoneplace.net/flag/india/)
- [The flag of United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-kingdom/)
- [The flag of France](https://atoneplace.net/flag/france/)
- [The flag of Russia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/russia/)
- [The flag of Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/flag/brazil/)
- [The flag of Australia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/australia/)
- [The flag of South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/flag/south-korea/)

## Sources

- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (https://www.wikidata.org/) [CC0 1.0]