Cameroon vs Senegal flag: how to tell them apart
Check the middle stripe: Cameroon has a yellow star on red, and Senegal has a green star on yellow.
How to tell them apart
Middle stripe
Cameroon's centre stripe is red. Senegal's centre stripe is yellow.
Star colour
Cameroon's star is yellow (gold). Senegal's star is green.
Fly stripe
Cameroon ends with yellow at the fly. Senegal ends with red.
Same start
Both have green at the hoist, a single five-pointed star in the centre and a 2:3 shape.
History
Cameroon's current design dates from 20 May 1975; from 1961 to 1975 it had two stars in the green band. Senegal's dates from 20 August 1960.
Why they look alike
Green, yellow and red are the colours of the Pan-Africanist movement, and several countries in the region share them, including Cameroon, Guinea and Mali.
Senegal adopted its flag in 1960 to replace the flag of the Mali Federation. Cameroon first adopted a plain tricolour in 1957 and took its current form, with the star, on 20 May 1975.
Official colours and ratio
| Flag | Ratio | Adopted | Colours |
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| Cameroon | 2:3 | 20 May 1975 (current design) |
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| Senegal | 2:3 | 20 August 1960 |
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Where you see each flag
Senegal: Senegal's team carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Questions
Why do Cameroon and Senegal use the same colours?
Green, yellow and red are the Pan-African colours, and many countries in the region share them.
When did Cameroon's flag get its star?
The current design with one yellow star dates from 20 May 1975.
What flag did Senegal's flag replace?
It replaced the flag of the Mali Federation in 1960.
Quick quiz
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