Flag of Cameroon
Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
Green, red and yellow vertical bands with a yellow star on the red.
- Name in the quiz
- Cameroon
- UN member state name
- Cameroon
- ISO 3166-1 code
- CM
- Atlas Play pack
- Central Africa (explorer pack), Look-alikes: upright tricolours
Easily confused with
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: four stripes crossed by a red band, a star in the corner. Cameroon: three upright bands, a star on red.
GuineaGuinea: red at the hoist, no star. Cameroon: green at the hoist, a yellow star on red.
SenegalSenegal: yellow in the middle with a green star. Cameroon: red in the middle with a yellow star.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Cameroon (revision 1366570575) (A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow, with a gold star centred on the red band; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/cm.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 0cf8c76a8723…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.