Also known as The Four Bands & Les Quatre Bandes(French), was adopted on 12/03/1968. It is constructed from four horizontal bands of equal width, coloured (from top to bottom) red, blue, yellow, and green. The flag was officially recorded at the College of Arms in London on 09/01/1968.

The civil ensign & government ensign are red and blue flags, respectively, both with the national flag in the upper left canton and the coat of arms of Mauritius centred in the fly.

The naval ensign (used by coast guard vessels) is a completely separate design consisting of red, white, and blue vertical stripes of unequal widths defaced by a central anchor & key emblem.

The colours of the national flag represent the following:

Red: The bloodshed at the time of slavery and colonisation.

The bloodshed at the time of slavery and colonisation. Blue: The Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean Yellow: The new light of independence shining over the island & the golden sunshine.

The new light of independence shining over the island & the golden sunshine. Green: The lush vegetation of the island.

The official flag ratio is a 2:3 proportion

The flag of Mauritius hasn’t always been The Four Bands, take a look back in history and see what was flown dating back to 1638;

Dutch Mauritius; Flag of the Dutch East India Company (1638–1710)

Isle de France; Royal Standard of the King of France (1715–1792)

Isle de France; Flag of France (1792–1810)

British Mauritius Colonial flag (1869-1906)

British Mauritius Colonial flag (1906-1923)

British Mauritius Colonial flag (1923-1968)

Also, here’s one we made earlier!