Flag of Cameroon
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The national flag of Cameroon (Template:Lang) was adopted in its present form on 20 May 1975 after Cameroon became a unitary state. It is a vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow pales, with one yellow five-pointed star in its center.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There is a wide variation in the size of the central star, although it is always contained within the inside stripe.
Description
The colour scheme uses the traditional Pan-African colours (Cameroon was the second state to adopt them). The centre stripe is thought to stand for unity: red is the colour of unity, and the star is referred to as "the star of unity". The yellow stands for the sun, and also the savannas in the northern part of the country, while the green is for the forests in the southern part of Cameroon.
The previous flag of Cameroon, used from 1961 to 1975, had a similar colour scheme, but with two gold (darker than the third stripe by comparison) stars in the upper half of the green. It was adopted after British Southern Cameroons joined with Republic of Cameroon to create the Federal Republic of Cameroon.<ref>The International Flag Book in Color, Christian Fogd Pedersen (1971)</ref> The two stars represented the two components of the federation, East Cameroon and West Cameroon.
The original flag of the State of Cameroon and the Republic of Cameroon, made law by Law No. 46 of 26 October 1957, was the simple tricolour. It was confirmed on 21 February 1960 in the new constitution.
Military flags and ensigns
Military flags and ensigns of Cameroon are following British practice with different designs.Template:Citation needed
Colors
| Green | Red | Yellow | |
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| HEX | #007a5e | #ce1126 | #fcd116 |
Historical flags
Colonial-era
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Template:FIAVFlag of the State of Cameroon (1957–1960).
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Post-independence
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Template:FIAVFlag of the Republic of Cameroon (1960–1961).
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Template:FIAVFlag of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961–1975)
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Similar colours
The flag of Cameroon uses the Pan-African colors that is used by many African countries in the region, most notably with similar designs in the flags of Senegal, Guinea and Mali.<ref name=similarity>Template:Cite news</ref>