South Africa

The flag of South Africa is a design from the hoist. The pall is coloured green, the is coloured black, the upper trapezoid is coloured red, the lower trapezoid is colored blue, the on the pile is coloured yellow, and the rest of the fimbriation is coloured white.
==Colours==
At the time the South African flag was adopted (in 1994), it was the only national flag having six colours in its design.
Colours 	Textile colour 	Pantone equivalent	RGB hexadecimal	RGB decimal 	Sample
Green 	CKS 42 c Spectrum green 	3415 c 	#007A49 	0, 119, 73 	
Black 	CKS 401 c Blue black 	 	#000000 	0, 0, 0 	
White 	CKS 701 c National flag white	 	#FFFFFF 	255, 255, 255	
Gold/yellow	CKS 724 c Gold yellow 	1235 c 	#FFB612 	255, 182, 18 	
Red 	CKS 750 c Chilli red 	179 c 	#DE3831 	222, 56, 49 	
Blue 	CKS 762 c National flag blue 	Reflex blue c 	#002395 	0, 35, 149 	
==Symbolism==
The black, yellow, and green represent the black population because of its association with the National African Congress Party. Red, white, and blue represent the white population because of its' history with the Dutch and the British. The 'Y" shape is a symbol of unification of the various ethnic groups.
==Inspiration from the ANC?==
It has been suggested that three of the South African flag’s colours (i.e. yellow/gold, black, and green) are influenced from the African National Congress.
== History ==
=== 1902-1910 ===
The Second Anglo-Boer War (between 1899 and 1902) ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902 and resulted in what is now South Africa under the United Kingdom’s flag.
The design was a tricolour of red, white, and blue with a green vertical stripe on the hoist.
==Historical flags==
File:South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg.png|South Africa (1910-1912)
File:South Africa Flag 1912-1928.svg.png|South Africa (1912-1951)
File:South Africa (1928-1994).svg|South Africa (1928-1994)
File:South Africa.svg|South Africa (since 1994)
==See also==
* Rainbow flag variation
* Political parties of South Africa
==References==
Category:South Africa
Category:Africa
Category:Proportions 2-3
Category:British Colonies
Category:Red
Category:Yellow
Category:Green
Category:Black
Category:White
Category:Blue
Category:Pall design