The flag of Trinidad and Tobago was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1962. Designed by Carlisle Chang (1921โ2001),[1][2][3] the flag of Trinidad and Tobago was chosen by the independence committee of 1962. Red, black and white symbolise fire (the sun, representing courage), earth (representing dedication) and water (representing purity and equality).[4]
The flag of Trinidad and Tobago is a red field with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist side to the lower fly-side. In blazon, Gules, a bend Sable fimbriated Argent. It was designed by Carlisle Chang.[5]
The width of the white stripes is 1โ30 of the flag length and the width of the black stripe is 2โ15. The total width of the three stripes together is, therefore, 1โ5 of the length.[6]
Prior to independence from the United Kingdom in August 1962, Trinidad and Tobago used a British blue ensign defaced with a badge depicting a ship arriving in front of a mountain.
Colonial flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889โ1958)
Red ensign of Trinidad and Tobago (1889โ1958)
Colonial flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1958โ1962)
^"Carlisle Chang" 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
^"National flag of Trinidad and Tobago - Carlisle Chang", YouTube.
^Carlisle Chang biography 2015-07-11 at the Wayback Machine, NALIS.
^National Flag 2021-10-22 at the Wayback Machine". Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^Chang, Carlisle (1998). "Chinese in Trinidad Carnival". The Drama Review. 43 (3): 213โ19. doi:10.1162/105420498760308571. JSTORย 1146692. S2CIDย 57571669.
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