Flags / South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean
Flag of Romania
Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
Three equal vertical bands: blue at the hoist, yellow, then red.
- Name in the quiz
- Romania
- UN member state name
- Romania
- ISO 3166-1 code
- RO
- Atlas Play pack
- South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean (explorer pack), Look-alikes: upright tricolours
Easily confused with
AndorraRomania: plain bands. Andorra: a coat of arms on the yellow.
BelgiumBelgium: black at the hoist. Romania: blue at the hoist.
MoldovaRomania: plain bands. Moldova: an eagle coat of arms on the yellow.
ChadChad and Romania are practically the same picture: Chad’s blue is a shade darker (indigo). They are never asked together.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Romania (revision 1381181738) (A vertical tricolor of blue, yellow, and red; 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/ro.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 cbaf8711a2b7…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.