Flag of Cameroon - wikipedia Flag of Cameroon Cameroon Use National flag and ensign Proportion 2 : 3 Adopted May 20, 1975 Design A vertical tricolor of green, red and yellow, with a yellow star centered on the red band. The national flag of Cameroon was adopted in its present form on 20 May 1972 after Cameroon became a unitary state. It is a vertical tricolor of green, red and yellow, with a five - pointed star in its center. There is a wide variation in the size of the central star, although it is always contained within the inside stripe. Contents 1 Description 2 Other flags 3 Similar colours 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Description The color scheme uses the traditional Pan-African colors ( Cameroon was the second state to adopt them ). The center stripe is thought to stand for unity : red is the colour of unity, and the star is referred to as `` the star of unity ''. The yellow stands for the sun, and also the savannas in the northern part of the country, while the green is for the forests in the southern part of Cameroon. The previous flag of Cameroon, used from 1961 to 1975, had a similar color scheme, but with two gold ( darker than the third stripe by comparison ) stars in the upper half of the green. It was adopted after British Southern Cameroons joined the state of Cameroon. The original flag, made law by Law 46 of 26 October 1957, was the simple tricolor. It was confirmed on 21 February 1960 in the new constitution. Other flags Flag of the Federal Rep. of Cameroon ( 1961 -- 1975 ) Flag of French Cameroon ( 1957 -- 1961 ) Flag of British Cameroons ( 1922 -- 1961 ) Flag of German Cameroon Similar colours The flag of Cameroon uses the Pan-African colours that is used my many African countries in the region, most notable with similar designs in the flags of Senegal, Guinea and Mali. See also Coat of arms of Cameroon References Jump up ^ The International Flag Book in Color, Christian Fogd Pedersen ( 1971 ) Jump up ^ `` Flag Similarity Tends to Confuse ''. The Spokesman - Review. March 4, 1962. Retrieved May 24, 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Cameroon. Cameroon at Flags of the World Flags of Africa Sovereign states Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde ( Cabo Verde ) Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea - Bissau Ivory Coast ( Côte d'Ivoire ) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe States with limited recognition Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland Dependencies and other territories Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla ( Spain ) Madeira ( Portugal ) Mayotte / Réunion ( France ) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ( United Kingdom ) National flags and coats of arms National flags Sovereign states Dependent territories Timeline National coats of arms Sovereign states Dependent territories Heraldry portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Cameroon&oldid=829329053 '' Categories : Flags introduced in 1975 National symbols of Cameroon Flags of Africa National flags Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans Asturianu Azərbaycanca Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Български Bosanski Català Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Galego ગુજરાતી 한국어 Հայերեն हिन्दी Hrvatski বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Kiswahili Latviešu Lëtzebuergesch Lietuvių Magyar Македонски Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Scots Simple English Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt Yorùbá 中文 48 more Edit links This page was last edited on 7 March 2018, at 23 : 44. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: green red and yellow flag with star in the middle
Answer: The national flag of Cameroon