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United States vs Liberia

Both are stripes with a blue canton and a 10:19 ratio. The United States has 13 stripes and 50 stars. Liberia has 11 stripes and a single white star. Count the stars first.

Play Similarities
Flag of United States
United States
Flag of Liberia
Liberia
Proportion
10:19
Adopted
1960

Colors

  • Red #B22234
  • White #FFFFFF
  • Blue #3C3B6E
Proportion
10:19
Adopted
1847

Colors

  • Red #BF0A30
  • White #FFFFFF
  • Blue #002868

Look foron United States

Look foron Liberia

  • 50 white stars in the blue canton
    One white star in the blue canton
  • 13 stripes (7 red, 6 white)
    11 red and white stripes
  • Current 50-star flag adopted July 4, 1960
    Adopted July 26, 1847

Which flag is United States?

One Star for the First Republic in Africa

The current United States flag has 13 stripes for the original colonies and 50 stars for the states. Robert G. Heft's 50-star layout was adopted on July 4, 1960, after Hawaii joined. Construction in the catalog is a 10:19 ratio: 7 red stripes, 6 white, and a blue canton.

Liberia adopted its flag on July 26, 1847, modeled on the United States flag. The 11 stripes stand for the signers of Liberia's declaration. The single white star stands for the first independent republic in Africa, and the blue square for the continent. Proportion is also 10:19.

The canton shape can look the same on a small screen. One star is Liberia. A field of stars is the United States.

Telling them apart

  • Star count is the reliable tell: 50 versus 1.
  • Stripe count follows: 13 versus 11.
  • Both ratios in the catalog are 10:19. Shade differences are not the point.

Questions

Why does Liberia use stripes and a canton?

The 1847 flag was modeled on the United States flag. The 11 stripes and one star are Liberia's own counts.

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