Flag of United States
The flag of United States, adopted in 1960 and flown in a 10:19 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Capital | Washington D.C. |
| Proportions | 10:19 |
| Adopted | 1960 |
| Emoji | 🇺🇸 |
| Code | US · USA |
Colours of the flag of United States
The flag of United States uses 3 colours: red, white, blue. 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 United States
United States 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 United States
The flag of United States — officially United States of America — is flown in a 10:19 ratio. United States 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 1960. United States has its capital at Washington D.C. and a population of about 341.8 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 US. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on United States
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