Introduction
The flag of Aruba is a light blue field with two narrow yellow stripes across the lower half and a four-pointed red star outlined in white in the upper hoist.
The blue has a name in the British colour code: Larkspur, number 196.
Meaning & Symbolism
The star is the island itself, red for the soil and for the blood of the people, white for the beaches and for purity. Its four points are read as the four compass directions from which Arubans came, and as the four languages spoken there.
The two yellow stripes stand for the sun and for the position of the island, and blue is the sea around it.
History of the Aruba Flag
The flag was adopted on 18 March 1976, alongside the anthem Aruba Dushi Tera, and the date marks the moment the Kingdom of the Netherlands moved Aruba toward autonomous status.
It was designed in part by Whitney Smith, the American who coined the word vexillology and who had a hand in several national flags.
18 March is now National Anthem and Flag Day in Aruba.
Curiosities
- It was partly designed by Whitney Smith, the man who invented the word vexillology.
- The blue is specified as Larkspur, number 196 in the British colour code.
- The four points of the star are read both as the compass and as the four languages spoken on the island.
- The flag and the national anthem were adopted on the same day, 18 March 1976.
- That date is now a public holiday on the island.
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