Flag of Afghanistan
The national flag of Afghanistan consists of a vertical tricolor with the classical National Emblem in the center. The current flag was adopted on August 19, 2013, but many similar designs had been in use throughout most of the 20th century.
Afghanistan has had 25 different flags since the first flag when the Hotak dynasty was established in 1709. During the 20th century alone, Afghanistan went through 18 different national flags, more than any other country during that time period, and most of them had the colors black, red, and green on them. Along with Haiti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Bolivia, it is one of six national flags in the world which has a depiction of its flag within the flag itself. It is also, along with Bolivia, Cambodia, Portugal, San Marino, and Spain, one of only six national flags that feature a building.
Design and colors scheme
The black color represents its troubled 19th century history as a protected state, the red color represents the blood of those who fought for independence, and the green represents hope and prosperity for the future. Some have alternatively interpreted the black to represent history, the red to represent progress, and the green to represent either agricultural prosperity or Islam.The tricolor was supposedly inspired by the Afghan King, Amanullah Khan, when visiting Europe with his wife in 1928. The original horizontal tricolor design was based on that of the flag of Germany.
The center of the flag contains the Emblem of Afghanistan. Almost every national flag since 1928 has had the emblem in the center. Almost every emblem has had a mosque in it, which first appeared in 1901, and wheat, first appearing in 1928.
The colors video approximation is listed below:
| Black | Red | Red | Green | Green | White | |
| :en:RGB color model|RGB | 0/0/0 | 211/32/17 | 190/0/0 | 0/122/54 | 0/153/0 | 255/255/255 |
| Hex | #000000 | #d32011 | #be0000 | #007a36 | #009900 | #FFFFFF |
| :en:CMYK color model|CMYK | 0/0/0/100 | 0/85/92/17 | 0/100/100/25 | 100/0/56/52 | 100/0/100/40 | 0/0/0/0 |