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The flag of Tunisia

The flag of Tunisia
A red field with a white disc at the centre containing a red crescent and a red five-pointed star.
Ratio 2:3 · current design adopted 1831

Tunisia's flag inverts the Turkish arrangement — the crescent and star are red inside a white disc, rather than white on red — a distinction that reflects its history as an autonomous Ottoman province. It was created in 1831 by Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud after the Battle of Navarino, which makes it one of the older national flags still in use. The exact geometry was only specified by law in 1999. The white disc is sometimes read as the sun.

Flags it gets confused with

Flag How to tell them apart
Turkey Turkey has no white disc; its crescent and star are white directly on the red field.

What the colours mean

  • Red #E70013 The field, and the crescent and star within the disc
  • White #FFFFFF The central disc, for peace

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
2:3
Current design adopted
1831
Colours
red, white

Common questions

What does the flag of Tunisia look like?
A red field with a white disc at the centre containing a red crescent and a red five-pointed star.
What do the colours of the Tunisia flag mean?
Red: the field, and the crescent and star within the disc. White: the central disc, for peace.
How do you tell the Tunisia flag from the Turkey one?
Turkey has no white disc; its crescent and star are white directly on the red field.
When was the Tunisia flag adopted?
The current design dates from 1831, and its official ratio is 2:3.

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Sources

  1. Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)

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