Pan-Arab colours
Red, white, black and green come from the flag of the 1916 Arab Revolt. Most of these flags differ only in the stripe order and the shape at the hoist.
JordanHow to tell: Black–white–green stripes, red triangle with a small white seven-pointed star.
PalestineHow to tell: Black–white–green stripes, red triangle and no star: Jordan without the star.
SudanHow to tell: Red–white–black stripes (red on top) and a green triangle.
KuwaitHow to tell: Green–white–red stripes and a black trapezoid at the hoist.
United Arab EmiratesHow to tell: Green–white–black stripes and a full-height vertical red bar.
SyriaHow to tell: Green–white–black stripes with three red stars in the white band; nothing at the hoist.
Quiz: which one is it?
Pick the right country. The detail that gives it away appears after each answer.
More look-alike flags
- Red, white and black tricolours
- Gran Colombia tricolours
- Blue–white–blue flags
- Pan-Slavic tricolours
- Red, white and blue stripes
- Nordic crosses
- Red and white halves
- Blue, yellow and red verticals
- Green, white and red or orange
- Pan-African vertical tricolours
- Red, yellow and green horizontals
- Red–white–red
- Red, white and green horizontals
- Black, red and gold
- Union Jack and Southern Cross
- Stars and stripes
- A disc on a plain field
- Red crescent flags
- Serrated white bands
- Blue over red
Flags: flag-icons (MIT). Country data: world-countries (ODbL), World Bank (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).