The Secret History Behind Seychelles' Flag
Seychelles' flag has five bands that fan out from one corner, and it has changed three times.
The first national flag, in 1976, had a white diagonal cross between blue and red triangles. In 1977, after a change of government, it was replaced with a red and green flag divided by a white wavy line. The present flag was adopted on January 8, 1996.
It has five oblique bands, blue, yellow, red, white and green, which spread from the lower hoist corner. The colors are those of the two main political parties, and they are read as blue for the sky and the sea, yellow for the sun, red for the people, white for social justice and harmony, and green for the land.
The date printed on every Seychelles design in our catalog, June 29, 1976, is Independence Day.
Five bands like a fan over the Indian Ocean.
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