Romania vs Moldova
Both are vertical blue-yellow-red. Romania is a plain 2:3 tricolor. Moldova adds the coat of arms on the yellow band and uses 1:2. Andorra uses the same three colors with its own arms; it does not have a separate compare page.
- Proportion
- 2:3
- Adopted
- 1989
Colors
- Cobalt Blue #002B7F
- Chrome Yellow #FCD116
- Vermilion Red #CE1126
- Proportion
- 1:2
- Adopted
- 1990
Colors
- Blue #002B7F
- Yellow #FCD116
- Red #CE1126
Look foron Romania
Look foron Moldova
- No coat of arms on the national flagCoat of arms centered on the yellow band
- 2:3 ratio1:2 ratio, longer than Romania
- Plain tricolor restored in December 1989Flag dated May 12, 1990 in the history text
Which flag is Romania?
The Same Tricolor, Plus an Eagle
Romania's national flag is the plain vertical tricolor. The catalog records cobalt blue, chrome yellow, and vermilion at 2:3. The communist arms came off in December 1989. Chad uses the same layout with a darker hoist blue; that pair is on its own page.
Moldova shares the blue-yellow-red order. The history text says the flag was adopted on May 12, 1990, with the coat of arms in the center: an eagle, a cross, an olive branch, a scepter, and an aurochs head for Moldavia. The structured adoption field is August 27, 1991, independence day. This page uses 1990 for the flag. Legal proportion is 1:2, so Moldova is longer than Romania's 2:3.
Andorra is the third vertical blue-yellow-red in the catalog, with its own arms and a 7:10 ratio (yellow slightly wider). It stays on this page as a mention, not a separate URL.
Telling them apart
- Empty yellow band: Romania. Arms on yellow: Moldova.
- Romania 2:3. Moldova 1:2.
- Moldova's year on this page is 1990 from the history sentence, not the 1991 independence field.
Questions
Where does Andorra fit?
Andorra is also vertical blue-yellow-red, with a coat of arms and a 7:10 ratio. It does not have its own compare URL.
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