Flag of Barbados
The flag of Barbados, adopted in 1966 and flown in a 2:3 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Barbados |
|---|---|
| Capital | Bridgetown |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1966 |
| Emoji | 🇧🇧 |
| Code | BB · BRB |
Colours of the flag of Barbados
The flag of Barbados uses 3 colours: blue, orange, black. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
About the flag of Barbados
The flag of Barbados — officially Barbados — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. Barbados sits in North America, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1966. Barbados has its capital at Bridgetown and a population of about 283 thousand, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇧🇧, produced from the regional indicator letters for BB. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Barbados
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