Flag of Guinea
The Pan-African movement’s colors and the French tricolor design & proportions were the inspirations for Guinea’s flag of red, yellow and green vertical bands. Guinea gained independence from France in 1958 and, following Ghana’s lead of the previous year, adopted the green, yellow and red expressive of African solidarity and a desire for unity. In Guinea’s case, the colors also reflect the three words of the national motto, Travail, Justice, Solidarite; work is represented by the red color, justice by the yellow color and solidarity by the green color. They were also the colors of the Partie Democratique du Guinea, then the dominant political party, which had led the country to independence.
The ratio of the flag is 2:3.
