Colours
Read from the flag itself, down to the exact shade.
- #377e3f
- #b40a2d
- #ffffff
- #ecc81d
How it is put together
Measured off the picture, the same way the colours were, not from anybody's description of it.
- 5 horizontal bands
The fly edge changes colour going down, the foot does not, and every change is a straight line right across.
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.
- star
The flag of Suriname is composed of five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width) with a large, yellow, five-pointed star in the centre.
Flag of Suriname on Wikipedia
What we know about it
Jack Pinas, an art teacher and graphic designer, won the national competition, though some changes were made to his design; the Surinamese parliament accepted it in 1975, the flag was legally adopted on 25 November of that year at independence from the Netherlands, and it was raised for the first time on Independence Day. Green represents the richness of the country's agricultural lands, white freedom and independence, red progress and hope; the star reflects the sacrifices endured for independence, the unity of the country and a bright future. The different colours also indicate the Surinamese political parties.
Drafted from Flag of Suriname on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26, and checked back against it: every date, name and number above appears in the sentences it was written from. Nobody here wrote it by hand.
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. Suriname is one of the flags in each of these.
The picture
- Licence
- Public domain
- Drawn at
- 900 × 600
Credit See File history below for details.
From Flag of Suriname.svg on Wikimedia Commons.
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