Colours
Read from the flag itself, down to the exact shade.
- #0046ae
- #cc092f
- #ffd200
Other flags with red, blue or yellow or all of red, blue and yellow at once.
How it is put together
Measured off the picture, the same way the colours were, not from anybody's description of it.
- 3 vertical bands
The foot changes colour going along, the fly edge does not, and every change is a straight line top to bottom.
What is on it
Each of these is what this flag's own Wikipedia article says is on it, the sentence is underneath, so you can see what it rests on.
- crescent
The blue and red shield on the eagle's chest is charged with the traditional symbols of Moldova: an aurochs' head, flanked by a rose in dexter and a crescent in sinister and having a star between its horns, all of gold.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
- cross
Like the Romanian coat of arms, the Moldovan arms, adopted in 1990, features a dark golden eagle holding an Orthodox Christian cross in its beak.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
- coat of arms
The national flag of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: drapelul național al Republicii Moldova) is a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle bearing a shield charged with an aurochs) on the centre bar.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
- shield
The national flag of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: drapelul național al Republicii Moldova) is a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle bearing a shield charged with an aurochs) on the centre bar.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
- bird
The national flag of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: drapelul național al Republicii Moldova) is a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle bearing a shield charged with an aurochs) on the centre bar.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
- eagle
The national flag of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: drapelul național al Republicii Moldova) is a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle bearing a shield charged with an aurochs) on the centre bar.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
- leaf
Instead of a sword, the eagle is holding an olive branch, symbolising peace.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
- flower
The blue and red shield on the eagle's chest is charged with the traditional symbols of Moldova: an aurochs' head, flanked by a rose in dexter and a crescent in sinister and having a star between its horns, all of gold.
Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia
What we know about it
Adopted 1990
The Romanian tricolor bearing Moldova's arms: an eagle holding a shield with an aurochs head.
Source: Flag of Moldova on Wikipedia.
Its day
The almanac keeps a page per day of the year that something is dated to. This flag is on one of them, with the sentence that says so.
Nearest in the world
Every flag is compared with every other one, off the pictures themselves. Two copies of one picture score 0; these are the closest to this one. How that is measured.
Quiz yourself
Ten questions, played on the page, no sign-up and nothing kept. Moldova is one of the flags in each of these.
The picture
- Licence
- Public domain
- Drawn at
- 1800 × 900
Credit Gheorghe Vrabie
From Flag of Moldova.svg on Wikimedia Commons.
Take the picture, as a drawing or as an image, with the licence and the credit above attached to it.
