Flag of Guyana - Wikipedia Flag of Guyana Guyana Name The Golden Arrowhead Use National flag Proportion 3 : 5 Adopted 26 May 1966 Design A green field with the black - edged red isosceles triangle based on the hoist - side superimposed on the larger white - edged golden triangle, also based on the hoist - side, pointed toward the fly - side. Designed by Whitney Smith Variant flag of Guyana Use National ensign Proportion 1 : 2 Design An elongated version of the above. Variant flag of Guyana Proportion 7 : 11 Design British Civil Air Ensign combined with national flag of Guyana. May be flown at airports and from landed aircraft. The flag of Guyana, known as The Golden Arrowhead, has been the national flag of Guyana since May 1966 when the country became independent from the United Kingdom. It was designed by Whitney Smith, an American vexillologist ( though originally without the black and white fimbriations, which were later additions suggested by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom ). The proportions of the national flag are 3 : 5. The colours are symbolic, with green for agriculture and forests, white for rivers and water, gold for mineral wealth, black for endurance, and red for zeal and dynamism. Contents 1 Other flags 2 Presidential Standards 3 Joint Services 4 References 5 External links Other flags The civil air ensign is a copy of the British Civil Air Ensign, with the Guyanese flag in the canton. The naval ensign of Guyana is a version of the national flag, with proportions of 1 : 2. As part of the British Empire, Guyana 's flag was a British Blue Ensign with the colonial badge in the fly. An unofficial red version was used at sea. The first flag was introduced in 1875 and was changed slightly in 1906 and 1955. Like all British Ensigns, the colonial flags of Guyana were all ratio 1 : 2. 1875 -- 1906 1906 -- 1919 1919 -- 1955 1955 -- 1966 Presidential standards The Presidential Standard of Guyana came into effect by Proclamation issued on 23 February 1970. Subsequent Presidents have amended this Proclamation to replace the description of the flag contained, to reflect the Presidential Standard they wish to introduce for the duration of their Presidency. Presidential Standard of Guyana 1970 - 1980. Current Standard as of 26 May 2015 Presidential Standard of Guyana 1980 - 1985 under President L.F.S. Burnham Presidential Standard of Guyana 1985 - 1992 under President H. Desmond Hoyte Presidential Standard of Guyana 1992 - 1997 under President Cheddi B. Jagan Joint Services Guyana Defence Force Guyana Police Force Guyana Prison Service References Jump up ^ http://flagspot.net/flags/xf_d8-mm.html Jump up ^ http://flagspot.net/flags/gy_hist1.html#Former Jump up ^ http://flagspot.net/flags/gy_hist.html External links Guyana at Flags of the World National flags and coats of arms National flags Sovereign states Dependent territories Timeline National coats of arms Sovereign states Dependent territories Heraldry portal Flags of South America Sovereign states Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Dependencies and other territories Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands This Guyana article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This flag - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Guyana&oldid=815012683 '' Categories : Flags introduced in 1966 National flags National symbols of Guyana Guyana stubs Flag stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from November 2014 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans Azərbaycanca Беларуская Български Bosanski Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Galego ગુજરાતી 한국어 Հայերեն हिन्दी Hrvatski বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Basa Jawa ქართული Lietuvių Magyar Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Scots Shqip Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська Yorùbá 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 12 December 2017, at 06 : 10. 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: what does the color of guyana flag mean
Answer: green for agriculture and forests