Flag of Croatia
| Trobojnica (Tricolor) Crven-bijeli-plavi (Red-white-blue) | |
| Use | National flag |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1868 (original design) 1939 (checkerboard shield added) 21 December 1990 (current form) 25 June 1991 (official adoption as national independent flag) |
| Design | A horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue anchored by the national coat of arms. |
| Designed by | Miroslav Šutej |
| Use | Civil and state ensign |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 25 February 1992 |
| Design | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white and blue superimposed by the Coat of arms of Croatia. |
| Use | Naval ensign |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 25 February 1992 |
| Design | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white and blue superimposed by the emblem of the Croatian Navy. |
The national flag of the Republic of Croatia, also known in Croatian as the Tricolor (Trobojnica) or the Red-white-blue (Crven-bijeli-plavi), is one of the state symbols of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colors red, white and blue anchored by the coat of arms of Croatia.
This flag has been continuously in use since 1868 using pan-Slavic colors with the white and red checkboard shield added from 1939; which was then replaced by a red star during communist rule before the modern iteration of the Croat flag was adopted in 1990, one year before its independence.