The flag of Nigeria
The flag of Nigeria
Three equal vertical bands of green, white and green.
Ratio 1:2 · current design adopted 1960
The design was chosen in 1959 from nearly 3,000 entries submitted to a national competition, and the winner was Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, a 23-year-old student in London who submitted it by post. His original had a red sun in the white band; the judges removed it, which is the reason the flag is as plain as it is. Akinkunmi received £100 and no further recognition for decades. It is one of the very few national flags with only two colours and no emblem at all.
What the colours mean
- Green
#008751The country's forests and agricultural wealth - White
#FFFFFFPeace and unity
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
- 1:2
- Current design adopted
- 1960
- Colours
- green, white
Common questions
- What does the flag of Nigeria look like?
- Three equal vertical bands of green, white and green.
- What do the colours of the Nigeria flag mean?
- Green: the country's forests and agricultural wealth. White: peace and unity.
- When was the Nigeria flag adopted?
- The current design dates from 1960, and its official ratio is 1:2.
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Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))