The Bahamas

The Bahamas
Adopted	July 10, 1973
Designed by	Hervis Bain
Proportions	1:2

The flag of The Bahamas is an equal horizontal tricolour of turquoise, yellow, and turquoise, with a black pile.

Symbolism

The turquoise represents the Caribbean Sea. The yellow represents the Bahamas' tropical climate. Black represents the "strength, vigour and force" of the Bahamian people.

Flag Colors

Color	Color Name	HEX RGB	Color of
	Black	#000000	Triangle
	Metallic Seaweed	#ed2939	Blue parts of the tricolor
	Sunglow	#ffc72c	Yellow part of the tricolor

Pledge of Allegiance

“

I pledge allegiance to the flag and to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for which it stands, one people untied in love and service.

”

Other flags

The civil ensign and jack, naval and government ensigns, all use the national flag of the Bahamas in the canton, on different colored fields, with different colored crosses. The civil ensign is red with a white cross, the civil jack's in the form in a swallowtail, the naval jack is white over a red cross, and the government ensign's cross is blue.

The flag of the prime minister is the national flag of the Bahamas, with a gold parliamentary mace on the fly.

Civil Ensign

Civil Jack

Naval Ensign

Government Ensign

Flag of the Prime Minister