Flag of Guinea

Guinea’s national flag is a plain vertical tricolor with equal red, yellow, and green bands, in that order from the attachment edge. It has no star, coat of arms, or inscription. The usual reference proportion is 3:2 width to height, although the constitutional description does not specify a ratio.

Red is the band at the hoist, the edge attached to the pole or halyard. Yellow occupies the middle third, and green is at the fly, the free edge. Each band extends through the full height. In the usual front-facing drawing, the sequence reads red, yellow, green from left to right.

The government’s 2021 graphic charter specifies red #CE1126, RGB 206, 17, 38; yellow #FCD116, RGB 252, 209, 22; and green #009460, RGB 0, 148, 96. It also supplies CMYK values. These are official government graphic specifications; the Constitution names the three colors without providing numerical codes.

Official explanations connect red with the sacrifice of those who resisted colonial rule, yellow with mineral wealth and the sun, and green with vegetation, agricultural potential, and unity. The government graphic charter and symbols pages emphasize these related ideas. The three colors are also part of the broader Pan-African color tradition.

Guinea’s government identifies its red, yellow, and green as Pan-African colors, connecting the national design with a wider African tradition. Their local meanings also refer to sacrifice, resources, vegetation, and unity. Shared colors do not create a shared flag: band direction, order, and any added symbols distinguish each country’s design.

The customary reference ratio is 3:2 width to height, equivalent to 2:3 when height is stated first. A flag 100 centimeters high is therefore 150 centimeters wide. Article 4 of the 2025 Constitution requires equal vertical bands but does not prescribe that numerical ratio, so the two kinds of evidence remain distinct.

The national master uses a 3000-by-2000 rectangle with three 1000-unit vertical bands. Red fills the first third, yellow the middle, and green the last. Its 6000-by-4000 PNG has 2000 pixels per band. The artwork follows the official graphic palette and customary 3:2 proportion, without adding symbols or measurement labels.

Calculated examples include 90 by 60, 150 by 100, and 225 by 150 centimeters, with width stated first. Each preserves the customary 3:2 rectangle and three equal bands. These are useful scaling examples, not a government stock-size schedule. Account separately for hems, sleeves, reinforcement, and other manufacturing allowances.

The red-yellow-green vertical tricolor dates to November 10, 1958, soon after independence. The first Constitution described those three equal bands, and the 2025 Constitution retains the same arrangement. Later constitutional and graphic-standard publications document the national design; they should not be mistaken for the adoption of entirely new flags.

Guinea’s government gives November 10, 1958 as the flag’s adoption date. The first Constitution was adopted through Law No. 4/AN/58 on that date and described the tricolor. Its cited official gazette issue is dated November 12. Independence on October 2 was an earlier, separate milestone, not the flag’s adoption date.

Article 4 of the Constitution of September 26, 2025 describes the national emblem as a tricolor of red, yellow, and green in equal vertical bands from left to right. It also names the anthem and motto. The article does not provide a numerical flag ratio, digital color codes, or a complete ceremonial manual.

The official constitutional and government sources reviewed here establish the flag’s design and adoption date but do not identify an individual designer. A named creator should therefore not be supplied without stronger evidence. Fodéba Keita appears in official material about the national anthem; that attribution should not be transferred to the flag.

Keep the three bands equal, preserve the 3:2 reference rectangle, and use the government charter’s color values as the graphic starting point. Ask the printer to manage the actual ink, substrate, and color profile. The educational download supplies geometry and documented colors; it does not certify a finished textile or replace institutional specifications.

Preserve the national design and use the responsible institution’s current instructions for formal display. The Constitution defines the tricolor and protects national symbols, while the reviewed sources do not supply a comprehensive flag-etiquette code. Exact placement, raising schedules, military honors, and arrangements with other flags should not be invented from another country’s rules.

A documented Flag Day ceremony at the Prytanée militaire de Guinée in Conakry on September 28, 2026 included the national anthem, a raising of the colors, student performances, and a historical presentation. The Prime Minister’s office reported those activities. This provides a real ceremonial example without establishing a universal sequence for every institution.

A flag viewed from behind reverses the visible left-to-right order. If the hoist appears on the viewer’s right, Guinea’s flag can read green, yellow, red while red still touches the attachment edge. Check the pole, viewing direction, and context before identifying it as Mali’s flag or declaring it incorrectly made.

The Prime Minister’s office documents a national Flag Day ceremony on September 28, 2026, at the Prytanée militaire de Guinée in Conakry. The report invokes the September 28, 1958 referendum. It does not by itself establish a permanent annual statutory observance or public holiday, so that broader claim remains unverified here.

No. Guinea became independent on October 2, 1958, and the government identifies October 2 as the national day. The flag was adopted on November 10, 1958. September 28, 1958 belongs to the referendum that preceded independence. Each date marks a different event and should keep its own label in a historical timeline.

A government communiqué dated December 6, 2013 ordered three days of national mourning following Nelson Mandela’s death, with Guinea’s national flags at half-mast during that period. This is a documented historical instruction, not an ongoing alert or automatic rule for every death. The notice does not prescribe a measured fraction of mast height.

As practical care, keep the flag clean, allow wet fabric to dry before storage, and replace badly damaged or faded display copies. Preserve historically important textiles through appropriate conservation advice. The sources reviewed here do not establish a specific Guinean folding pattern or retirement ritual, so those suggestions are not presented as legal requirements.

No. Guinea’s national flag is the plain red-yellow-green tricolor. The coat of arms is a separate national symbol, presented separately in the government graphic charter. A shield, bird, motto ribbon, or other emblem should not be added to the ordinary national flag simply because it appears in official stationery or government branding.

Article 4 of the 2025 Constitution gives the motto as Travail, Justice, Solidarité, meaning Work, Justice, Solidarity, and names the anthem Liberté, meaning Liberty. Neither is written on the national flag. They belong to the wider set of national symbols and can accompany a ceremony without becoming part of the flag’s graphic design.

The union flag belongs to the historical association of Ghana, Guinea, and later Mali, rather than a replacement for Guinea’s national tricolor. The illustrated three-star version is a modern reconstruction associated with the three-member union in 1961. Specialist historical accounts record uncertainty over star placement, so it is not presented as conclusively fixed official geometry.

In their ordinary front-facing views with the hoist at the left, Guinea has red, yellow, and green bands, while Mali has green, yellow, and red. Both are plain vertical tricolors. Band order and the attachment edge are more dependable identification cues than subtle color-shade differences, especially in folded cloth or photographs.

Guinea’s flag has vertical red-yellow-green bands without a star. Senegal’s flag has vertical green-yellow-red bands with a green star in the center. Ghana’s flag has horizontal red-yellow-green bands and a black central star. Their shared palette reflects a broad regional tradition, but their full arrangements remain clearly different national designs.

No. Guinea uses a plain vertical red-yellow-green tricolor. Guinea-Bissau has a red panel at the hoist with a black star, alongside horizontal yellow and green fields. Equatorial Guinea uses a blue triangle, horizontal green-white-red bands, and its national arms. The three names refer to different countries with distinct national designs.

Guinea’s flag emoji is 🇬🇳, formed by the regional-indicator letters G and N: U+1F1EC and U+1F1F3. A device may render the sequence as a flag, letters, or a fallback depending on its software. Emoji are convenient in text, but their tiny stylized rendering is not a precise color or construction reference.

The photograph shows Guinea’s red-yellow-green flag printed on its country placard at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014. John Kerry speaks with Alpha Condé and the Liberian representative. The U.S. State Department image documents diplomatic use of the design; it is not a calibrated flag-color sample.

Keep the bands vertical, equal, and ordered red-yellow-green from the hoist. Do not add a star, national arms, motto, or border inside the flag. Preserve the reference proportions and documented palette. Check that a reverse photograph has not been mistaken for the front, and distinguish Guinea from Mali and the other Guinea-named countries.

The package includes the national SVG and large PNG, anatomy and color sheets, construction and size guides, a front-and-reverse illustration, country comparisons, a founding-date diagram, a qualified historical union reconstruction, and a mourning diagram. A documentary photograph adds diplomatic context. All gallery files are served locally from the Guinea article directory.