Ecuador’s national flag is a horizontal yellow-blue-red tricolour. The yellow band is twice the height of each of the blue and red bands, and the official state flag bears Ecuador’s coat of arms in the centre.
What does the Ecuador flag look like?
Yellow fills the upper half of the flag. Blue and red each occupy one quarter below it. The national coat of arms appears in the centre on the official flag.
Why does it resemble Colombia and Venezuela?
Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela share a yellow-blue-red flag tradition because all three were once part of Gran Colombia. Their tricolours ultimately draw on designs associated with independence leader Francisco de Miranda.
History of Ecuador’s flag
On September 26, 1860, Gabriel García Moreno ordered Ecuador to return to the yellow-blue-red colors of the Gran Colombian tradition. The decision was ratified in 1861. In 1900, Congress formally regulated the modern arrangement and confirmed that the yellow stripe should be twice as wide as the blue and red stripes.
Official color symbolism
Ecuador’s National Assembly describes yellow as representing the country’s fertile and mineral wealth, blue as representing the sky and sea, and red as recalling the blood shed by national heroes.
Ecuador flag facts
- Colors: yellow, blue and red
- Band proportions: yellow 1/2; blue 1/4; red 1/4
- Tricolour restored: September 26, 1860
- Modern arrangement regulated: 1900
- Flag Day: September 26
Source
Primary reference: National Assembly of Ecuador — history and symbolism of the national flag.
