Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 13:15.
How to recognise it
Three vertical bands: black at the hoist, then yellow, then red. Officially almost square.
- Name in the quiz
- Belgium
- UN member state name
- Belgium
- ISO 3166-1 code
- BE
- Atlas Play pack
- Europe (starter pack), Look-alikes: upright tricolours
Easily confused with
GermanyBelgium: upright bands, black at the hoist. Germany: flat bands, black on top.
FranceFrance: blue, white, red. Belgium: black, yellow, red, and no white at all.
RomaniaBelgium: black at the hoist. Romania: blue at the hoist.
ChadBelgium: black at the hoist and an almost square flag. Chad: dark blue (indigo) at the hoist.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Belgium (A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red; proportion 13:15). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/be.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 9c3642726e77…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.