Flag of Luxembourg
The flag of Luxembourg, adopted in 1972 and flown in a 3:5 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Capital | Luxembourg |
| Proportions | 3:5 |
| Adopted | 1972 |
| Emoji | 🇱🇺 |
| Code | LU · LUX |
Colours of the flag of Luxembourg
The flag of Luxembourg uses 3 colours: white, blue, red. 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 Luxembourg
Luxembourg is genuinely easy to mix up with 2 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 Luxembourg
The flag of Luxembourg — officially Grand Duchy of Luxembourg — is flown in a 3:5 ratio. Luxembourg sits in Europe, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1972. Luxembourg has its capital at Luxembourg and a population of about 687 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 LU. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Luxembourg
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