Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
Black, red and green horizontal bands split by thin white stripes, with a tall red, white and black shield and two white spears in the centre.
- Name in the quiz
- Kenya
- UN member state name
- Kenya
- ISO 3166-1 code
- KE
- Atlas Play pack
- Africa (starter pack)
Easily confused with
MalawiMalawi: a red rising sun on the black. Kenya: a shield and spears and thin white stripes.
SudanSudan: a green triangle and no emblem. Kenya: a shield and spears in the middle.
South SudanSouth Sudan: a light blue triangle with a yellow star at the hoist. Kenya: a shield and two spears in the middle.
UgandaKenya: black, red, green with a shield and spears. Uganda: six stripes of black, yellow, red with a crane in a white disc.
ZambiaKenya: a shield and spears across the middle. Zambia: green with an eagle and small stripes in the lower fly.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kenya (A horizontal tricolour of black, white-edged red, and green with two crossed white spears behind a red, white and black Maasai shield; proportion 2:3). 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/ke.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 c55ca54ba63d…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.