Flag of Morocco


The flag of Morocco is the flag used by the government of Morocco and has served as the national flag of Morocco since 17 November 1915. It has a red field with a green pentagram in the centre. The green star represents the five pillars of Islam, and the red represents the blood of the ancestors and unity.
Red has considerable historic significance in Morocco by virtue of its association with the Alawi dynasty, which used a red field as its flag. The ruling house was associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad via Fatima, the wife of Ali, the fourth Muslim Caliph. Red is also the color that was used by the sharifs of Mecca and the imams of Yemen.
On 17 November 1915, Sultan Yusef signed a dahir introducing the current flag design.
While Morocco was under French and Spanish control, the red flag with the pentagram remained in use but only inland since its use at sea was prohibited. After national independence in 1956, it was allowed to also serve as the maritime flag.

Design

The legal definition of the flag specifies that the colours are bright red and palm green. No more precise colour specifications are known to be published. The RGB colours used in the illustration on the kingdom's website are listed below, along with rough CMYK and Pantone equivalents for printing.

Colour scheme		Bright RedPalm Green
RGB183, 49, 440, 99, 65
Hexadecimal#B7312C#006341
CMYK0, 73, 76, 28100, 0, 34, 61
Pantone7620 C3425 C

History

In the 17th century, when Morocco became ruled by the current 'Alawid dynasty, its flag was solid red at first. The Sharifs of Makkah used that as a reference colour.
On 8 May 2010, a Moroccan flag with a size of, weighing, was set in Dakhla, a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It was certified by Guinness World Records as the largest flag ever draped.