What color is the crown on Liechtenstein's national flag?

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The crown on Liechtenstein’s national flag is gold.

Liechtenstein’s flag has two horizontal bands, blue above red, with a princely crown in the upper hoist-side corner. The crown identifies the country as a principality and is rendered in a gold or yellow color.

The crown was added after the 1936 Summer Olympics, when Liechtenstein discovered that its blue-and-red flag was identical to Haiti’s civil flag. The new emblem distinguished the two designs while emphasizing Liechtenstein’s monarchical status. A modified crown was adopted in 1982.

The flag’s colors have older roots: blue and red were used in Liechtenstein from the 18th century and became the national colors in the 19th century. A common mix-up is confusing the crown’s gold with the country’s earlier gold-and-red flag, used before blue replaced gold in 1852.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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