Flag of Ghana

Republic of Ghana
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	1957
Design	A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the center

The National Flag of the Republic of Ghana, commonly known as the Ghanaian flag, was the official state flag of the Dominion of Ghana in 1957 and the Republic of Ghana in 1960. Designed by Ghanaian teacher Theodosia Okoh, the flag was flown until 1964 before being reinstated in 1966. The flag of Ghana consists of the Ethiopian Pan-African colors of red, yellow and green in horizontal strikes with a black five-pointed star in the center of the gold stripe.

	RED	Yellow	Green	Black
CMYK	0-96-84-19	0-17-94-1	100-0-43-58	100-100-100-99
HEX	#CF0921	#FCD20F	#006B3D	#000000
RGB	207-9-33	252-210-15	0-107-61	0-0-0

History

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  Flag of the colonial government of Gold Coast.

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  First post-independence flag, first used under the Dominion of Ghana

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  First flag of the Union of African States, with the stars symbolizing Ghana and Guinea.

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  Second and last flag of the Union of African States, with the stars symbolizing Ghana, Guinea and Mali.

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  Second official flag of Ghana. The flag and its Convention People's Party based design lasted until 1966.