Flag of Suriname

Country

Flag of Suriname uses five horizontal bands with a yellow star. Ratio 2:3, current adoption November 25, 1975 and design credited to Jack Pinas.

Hoist Ratio 2:3 Fly

Flag Reference

Flag	Flag of Suriname
Entity Type	Country
Official Name	Republic of Suriname
Identifier	SR / SUR
Region	South America

Flag Specifications

Current Adoption	November 25, 1975
First Documented Use	1975
Proportion	2:3
Shape	Rectangle
Colours	Red, White, Green, Yellow
Designer	Jack Pinas
Construction	Five horizontal bands with a yellow star

Documented Colour Values

Colour	HEX	RGB	CMYK
Red	#C8102E	200, 16, 46	0, 92, 77, 22
White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255	0, 0, 0, 0
Green	#377E3F	55, 126, 63	56, 0, 50, 51
Yellow	#ECC81D	236, 200, 29	0, 15, 88, 7

Design and Symbolism

Red	progress and love.
White	peace and justice.
Green	hope and fertility.
Yellow	the star and the golden future.
Golden star	The unity of all ethnic groups, and the golden future of the nation.

Proportions

Ratio	2:3
Hoist	2 units
Fly	3 units

About the Flag of Suriname

Five horizontal bands with a yellow star The recorded proportion is 2:3. Within this library it is grouped with horizontal multi-band designs.

Colours and construction

The reference palette stored for Suriname is Red (#C8102E), White (#FFFFFF), Green (#377E3F) and Yellow (#ECC81D). The colour table above is intended for digital reference; where an issuing authority publishes a different colour standard, that specification takes precedence.

Symbols and recorded meaning

Golden star: The unity of all ethnic groups, and the golden future of the nation.

History and adoption record

The design record traces first use to 1975. The adoption field for the present record is November 25, 1975. The designer is recorded as Jack Pinas.

Additional flag context

The yellow star has five points said to represent the five major ethnic groups of a country with unusually diverse origins — Hindustani, Creole, Javanese, Maroon and Indigenous.

The red band is twice the height of the green bands, and the white bands are half again, giving stripe proportions that are unusual among tricolour-type flags.

The design replaced a flag of five stars linked by an ellipse when the country became independent from the Netherlands in 1975.

How to identify this flag

For quick identification, look for Five horizontal bands with a yellow star, a 2:3 proportion and the visible golden star. Use the comparison and design-family links on this page when another flag has a similar palette or layout.

Verification sources

Flags of the World — Suriname — Specialist vexillological reference

Other horizontal multi-band flags

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Facts about the Flag of Suriname

Suriname is recorded as five horizontal bands with a yellow star.
The reference proportion for the flag of Suriname is 2:3.
The stored palette for Suriname contains Red, White, Green and Yellow.
The adoption field for this country flag record is November 25, 1975.
The design record traces first use to 1975.
Jack Pinas is credited in the dataset as the designer of the flag.
Its construction is grouped with the horizontal multi-band design family in this library.
Golden star: The unity of all ethnic groups, and the golden future of the nation.
The yellow star has five points said to represent the five major ethnic groups of a country with unusually diverse origins — Hindustani, Creole, Javanese, Maroon and Indigenous.
The red band is twice the height of the green bands, and the white bands are half again, giving stripe proportions that are unusual among tricolour-type flags.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Flag of Suriname

What does the flag of Suriname look like?

Five horizontal bands with a yellow star, with a recorded proportion of 2:3.

What proportion is recorded for the flag of Suriname?

The reference proportion stored for this flag is 2:3.

Which colours are recorded for the flag of Suriname?

The reference palette lists Red #C8102E, White #FFFFFF, Green #377E3F and Yellow #ECC81D.

What do the symbols on the flag of Suriname represent?

Golden star — The unity of all ethnic groups, and the golden future of the nation.

When was the present flag record for Suriname adopted?

The adoption field in this record is November 25, 1975.

Who designed the flag of Suriname?

The designer is recorded as Jack Pinas.

Which design family does the flag of Suriname belong to?

WorldFlags.online groups it with horizontal multi-band designs for visual browsing; that classification describes construction, not necessarily historical ancestry.