Venezuela Flag

The official Flag of Venezuela was adopted on the 19th of February in the year 1954. It was in the year 1811 on the 5th of July that Venezuela finally gained its independence from Spain. After Venezuela gained its independence four colonies which were known as Spanish Colonies namely Columbia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela joined together to form a federation of states which came to be known as the Greater Columbia. A horizontal striped flag consisting of the colors yellow, blue and red were used for representation by this union. That flag of Venezuela was influenced by a flag used at the end of the 19th century by the independence fighters of Central America. It is seen that even the current flags designed for Columbia, Ecuador and Venezuela are based on that flag design. However, when Venezuela left that federation which seems to have taken place in the year 1829 was when Venezuela adopted a different designed horizontal flag which consisted of the same colors yellow, blue and red. It is seen that the basic design of the Venezuelan flag has remained the same with only a few modifications here and there. In the year 1954 the flag of Venezuela saw its last modification when the addition of the coat of arms was made.

The description or meaning of the flag of Venezuela is very unique and yet it is easy to explain if any one wants to ask as to what the colors of the flag of Venezuela are the answer would be a very simple one and that would be: only four colors and a very simple design. There are three equally sized stripes present on the flag of Venezuela which are horizontally shaped. The three stripes are of the following colors: The first stripe is of the color yellow and the stripe in the middle is of the color blue and the last stripe on the Venezuelan flag is of the color red. The blue stripe holds in the shape of a semi circle seven stars that each consists of five points. At the top left side corner is the monogram of the country’s coat of arms. The significance of the colors and the design are also very unique and interesting.

The Design of the Venezuelan country flag is said to be influenced by the flag that was used by the independence fighters of the United States of America. And it is thus seen that the yellow color is used to represent the gold of America. Blue color is used in the flag of Venezuela to represent the Atlantic ocean which is there providing a separation to the new America from the European continent. The separation was necessary as the European Continent was considered as a bloody old world and that is represented in the flag by the use of the red color. The seven starts, make the semi circle is said to be there to represent the seven provinces that existed at the time when Venezuela was gaining its independence. The modern explanation of the flag is that the yellow color is used to signify opportunity, the blue color is used to signify the Atlantic Ocean and the red was used to signify Spain.

The proportions of the flag of Venezuela are those which hold the following ratios that are 2:3 respectively. One can get pictures and animated Venezuela Flags online.