The wide center band on Suriname’s flag is red.
Suriname’s national flag has five horizontal bands arranged green, white, red, white, and green. The central red stripe is the broadest—four times the width of each white stripe and twice the width of each green stripe—and it carries a large yellow five-pointed star.
The flag was adopted on 25 November 1975, the day Suriname became independent from the Netherlands. Its colours are commonly interpreted as green for fertility and the land, white for freedom and justice, and red for progress and hope. The star symbolizes unity and a bright future.
A common mix-up is to focus on the yellow star or the green outer bands. Neither is the center band: the star sits inside the broad red stripe, which is the flag’s most prominent horizontal element.