Flag of Sri Lanka
The flag of Sri Lanka, adopted in 1972 and flown in a 1:2 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| Capital | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1972 |
| Emoji | 🇱🇰 |
| Code | LK · LKA |
Colours of the flag of Sri Lanka
The flag of Sri Lanka uses 3 colours: brown, orange, green. 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 Sri Lanka
The flag of Sri Lanka — officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. Sri Lanka sits in Asia, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1972. Sri Lanka has its capital at Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and a population of about 21.8 million, 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 LK. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Sri Lanka
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