Which African country's flag is composed of five oblique bands radiating from the bottom left corner? Seychelles. Five coloured wedges spread outward from the lower hoist corner, creating one of the world's most immediately recognisable national flags.
The bands are blue, yellow, red, white, and green. The design was adopted on 8 January 1996 and replaced the earlier flag used after Seychelles gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1976. Its radiating form suggests movement and growth rather than the traditional horizontal or vertical division used by many national flags.
The colours also have political and national associations. Blue evokes the sky and surrounding Indian Ocean, yellow represents the sun, red signifies the people and their determination, white suggests justice and harmony, and green represents the land. A frequent mistake is to confuse Seychelles with Comoros or Cape Verde, whose flags use more conventional geometric layouts and prominent symbols.