Flag of Paraguay

Republic of Paraguay

Use	National flag and ensign ≈
Proportion	11:20
Adopted	1842 (last modified July 15, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-07-15))
Design	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the obverse with the coat of arms of Paraguay.
Use	Reverse flag
Proportion	11:20
Design	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the reverse with the reversed coat of arms of Paraguay.

The current design of the flag of Paraguay (Spanish: bandera de Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái poyvi) was first adopted in 1842.^[1] Its design, a red–white–blue triband, was inspired by the colours of the French Tricolour, believed to signify independence and liberty. The flag is unusual because it differs on its obverse and reverse sides: the obverse of the flag shows the national coat of arms, and the reverse shows the seal of the treasury. It is the only national flag worldwide that has a unique design on each side.^[2] The flag consists of the same three horizontal colours as the flag of the Netherlands,^[3] which in turn was the inspiration for the French flag.^[4] It was revised in 2013 to bring the flag towards its original design. It has a ratio of 11:20.

Prior to the current design, the country used two other designs: a similar one with no seal where the white stripe was slightly larger than the other two (1812–1826), and a different simple design featuring a blue field and a six-pointed white star in the upper-left corner (1826–1842).