Flags of the Caribbean
Recognise the 13 national flags of Caribbean by their colours and design, one family of flags at a time.
13 cards · Geography
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Checked by the Brain Zap team · reviewed 23 Oct 2026
Sources: Gallery of sovereign state flags (Wikipedia), flag-icons by Lipis, MIT licence (the pictures)
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Blue and white stripes, with a white star on a red triangle
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Cuba
Learn more: Designed in 1849. The three blue stripes stood for the island's three old departments.
Gold diagonal cross, with green and black triangles
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Jamaica
Learn more: The only national flag with no red, white or blue. Adopted at independence in 1962.
Blue over red, with a coat of arms
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Haiti
Learn more: Born in 1803 when the white was torn out of the French tricolour. The arms show a palm tree and cannons.
White cross over blue and red quarters
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Dominican Republic
Learn more: The only national flag with a Bible in its coat of arms.
Black triangle on aquamarine and gold bands
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Bahamas
Learn more: Aquamarine for the sea, gold for sand and sun, black for the people's strength. Adopted in 1973.
About this topic
This chapter of Flags of the World covers the national flags of Caribbean. Each card shows a flag and asks which country flies it, with a hint and a short story of where its colours and shapes come from.
Most Caribbean islands became independent in the 1960s and 1970s and chose bold new designs: triangles, diagonals, a trident, a parrot and even a nutmeg.
Learn the family first, then the one detail that sets each flag apart: the order of the colours, a shade of blue, a cross, a star or an emblem. Once you know most of this chapter's flags, the next chapter of the Book starts arriving in your Daily Zap.
All 13 cards
Blue and white stripes, with a white star on a red triangle
Cuba
Learn more: Designed in 1849. The three blue stripes stood for the island's three old departments.
Gold diagonal cross, with green and black triangles
Jamaica
Learn more: The only national flag with no red, white or blue. Adopted at independence in 1962.
Blue over red, with a coat of arms
Haiti
Learn more: Born in 1803 when the white was torn out of the French tricolour. The arms show a palm tree and cannons.
White cross over blue and red quarters
Dominican Republic
Learn more: The only national flag with a Bible in its coat of arms.
Black triangle on aquamarine and gold bands
Bahamas
Learn more: Aquamarine for the sea, gold for sand and sun, black for the people's strength. Adopted in 1973.
Black trident on gold between blue bands
Barbados
Learn more: The broken trident marks the break from British rule in 1966: the shaft of the old colonial badge, snapped.
Black band edged in white across red
Trinidad and Tobago
Learn more: Red for the sun's warmth, black for the people's strength, white for the sea. Adopted in 1962.
Green with a cross and a red disc holding a parrot
Dominica
Learn more: The bird is the sisserou parrot, found nowhere else. One of the few national flags with purple.
Red border with stars, yellow and green triangles
Grenada
Learn more: The small symbol near the pole is a nutmeg, the spice it is famous for.
Blue with a black, white and gold triangle
Saint Lucia
Learn more: The triangles echo the Pitons, two volcanic peaks rising from the sea.
Blue, gold and green bands, with three green diamonds
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Learn more: The three diamonds form a V for its name and give it the nickname 'the Gems of the Antilles'.
Black diagonal band with two white stars
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Learn more: The two stars stand for hope and liberty, not for the two islands as often thought.
Rising sun over black, blue and white, inside a red V
Antigua and Barbuda
Learn more: The V shape stands for victory. Adopted in 1967.
Image credits
- Blue and white stripes, with a white star on a red triangle: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue and white stripes, with a white star on a red triangle
- Gold diagonal cross, with green and black triangles: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Gold diagonal cross, with green and black triangles
- Blue over red, with a coat of arms: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue over red, with a coat of arms
- White cross over blue and red quarters: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: White cross over blue and red quarters
- Black triangle on aquamarine and gold bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Black triangle on aquamarine and gold bands
- Black trident on gold between blue bands: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Black trident on gold between blue bands
- Black band edged in white across red: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Black band edged in white across red
- Green with a cross and a red disc holding a parrot: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Green with a cross and a red disc holding a parrot
- Red border with stars, yellow and green triangles: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Red border with stars, yellow and green triangles
- Blue with a black, white and gold triangle: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue with a black, white and gold triangle
- Blue, gold and green bands, with three green diamonds: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Blue, gold and green bands, with three green diamonds
- Black diagonal band with two white stars: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Black diagonal band with two white stars
- Rising sun over black, blue and white, inside a red V: flag-icons by Lipis, MIT, MIT Source: Rising sun over black, blue and white, inside a red V
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