Flag of Guernsey
The flag of Guernsey, adopted in 1985 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 | Guernsey |
|---|---|
| Capital | St. Peter Port |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1985 |
| Emoji | 🇬🇬 |
| Code | GG · GGY |
Colours of the flag of Guernsey
The flag of Guernsey uses 3 colours: white, red, yellow. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
Flags often confused with Guernsey
Guernsey is genuinely easy to mix up with 1 other flags. Compare them side by side here — the difference is usually a ratio, a shade, or the order of two bands.
About the flag of Guernsey
The flag of Guernsey — officially Bailiwick of Guernsey — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. Guernsey sits in Europe, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1985. Guernsey has its capital at St. Peter Port and a population of about 64 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 GG. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Guernsey
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