The flag of Palestine
The design is the 1916 Arab Revolt flag, which is why it is nearly identical to Jordan's — the two differ only by Jordan's seven-pointed star. It was adopted by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1964 and used as the national flag from 1988. The colours are conventionally traced to a line of thirteenth-century verse by Safi al-Din al-Hilli naming black, white, green and red as the colours of Arab deeds. This entry describes the flag and does not address questions of recognition or status.
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 |
|---|---|
| Jordan | Jordan adds a small white seven-pointed star inside the red triangle. |
What the colours mean
- Black
#000000The Abbasid caliphate - White
#FFFFFFThe Umayyad caliphate - Green
#007A3DThe Fatimid caliphate - Red
#CE1126The Arab Revolt, and the Hashemites who led it
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
- 1964
- Colours
- black, white, green, red
Common questions
- What does the flag of Palestine look like?
- Three equal horizontal bands of black, white and green, with a red triangle at the hoist.
- What do the colours of the Palestine flag mean?
- Black: the Abbasid caliphate. White: the Umayyad caliphate. Green: the Fatimid caliphate. Red: the Arab Revolt, and the Hashemites who led it.
- How do you tell the Palestine flag from the Jordan one?
- Jordan adds a small white seven-pointed star inside the red triangle.
- When was the Palestine flag adopted?
- The current design dates from 1964, and its official ratio is 1:2.
Related pages
- Palestine Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of Jordan Routinely mistaken for this one
- Every flag with black in it
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)