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Barbados Flag
Barbados’s national flag is a vertical ultramarine–gold–ultramarine triband carrying a black broken trident. Statute makes the three panels equal and se...
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About Barbados and its flag
Barbados’s national flag is a vertical ultramarine–gold–ultramarine triband carrying a black broken trident. Statute makes the three panels equal and sets the 3:2 proportion. Parliament describes its colours through sea, sky, and beach imagery, while the adapted trident turns a colonial-era device into an emblem of the island’s constitutional break.
Flag design and meaning
The legal description specifies three equal vertical panels: ultramarine outer panels and a gold centre panel with a broken black trident at its centre. The act gives BCC 148 for ultramarine and BS 0/002 for gold, and specifies a 3:2 proportion. The trident’s black silhouette is the only charged element.
- Ultramarine panels: Parliament describes the blue as representing the sea and sky of Barbados.
- Broken trident: Parliament explains that the broken shaft marks Barbados’s break with its historical and constitutional ties as a former colony.
History and adoption
Barbados became independent on 30 November 1966. Parliament credits Grantley Prescod, a secondary-school teacher and education officer, with designing the national flag. Its central device derives from the trident on the colony’s former seal; Parliament says its broken shaft signals the break with the country’s historical and constitutional ties as a former colony.
How to recognise this flag
- Read the bands vertically: ultramarine at each edge and a gold centre, all of equal width.
- The emblem is a black three-pointed trident with a visibly broken shaft, not a full trident or coat of arms.
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