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title: "Flag of Morocco: colours and meaning"
description: "What every colour and symbol on the Morocco flag stands for, its official 2:3 ratio, and the year the current design was adopted."
url: https://atoneplace.net/flag/morocco/
site: "At One Place"
---

# The flag of Morocco

**The flag of Morocco: A red field with a green interlaced five-pointed star outlined at the centre.**

Ratio 2:3 · current design adopted 1915

The star is drawn as a single interlaced line — a pentagram, not a solid five-pointed star — and it was added in 1915 by Sultan Yusef specifically so Moroccan ships could be told apart from other plain red Arab ensigns at sea. Red had been the Moroccan flag colour for centuries before that. Vietnam's flag is the same red field with a solid yellow star, which is the pairing worth knowing. The green outline is drawn without a fill, which most reproductions get right and some do not.

## Flags it gets confused with

| Flag | How to tell them apart |
| --- | --- |
| Vietnam | Vietnam's star is solid yellow with five plain points; Morocco's is an interlaced green outline. |

## 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.*

- **Red** (#C1272D) — The Alaouite dynasty, and the sharifs of Mecca
- **Green** (#006233) — The star; the colour of Islam and of hope

## The symbols on it

| What | What it stands for |
| --- | --- |
| Interlaced pentagram | The Seal of Solomon; the five points are the five pillars of Islam |

- **Ratio:** 2:3
- **Current design adopted:** 1915
- **Colours:** red, green

## Common questions

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

A red field with a green interlaced five-pointed star outlined at the centre.

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

Red: the Alaouite dynasty, and the sharifs of Mecca. Green: the star; the colour of Islam and of hope.

### How do you tell the Morocco flag from the Vietnam one?

Vietnam's star is solid yellow with five plain points; Morocco's is an interlaced green outline.

### When was the Morocco flag adopted?

The current design dates from 1915, and its official ratio is 2:3.

## Related pages

- [Morocco](https://atoneplace.net/country/morocco/)
- [The flag of Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/flag/vietnam/)
- [Every flag with red in it](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/red/)
- [The flag of United States](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-states/)
- [The flag of United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-kingdom/)
- [The flag of Canada](https://atoneplace.net/flag/canada/)
- [The flag of France](https://atoneplace.net/flag/france/)
- [The flag of China](https://atoneplace.net/flag/china/)
- [The flag of Germany](https://atoneplace.net/flag/germany/)
- [The flag of Russia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/russia/)
- [The flag of Italy](https://atoneplace.net/flag/italy/)

## Sources

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