What proportions does Italy's flag use?
Government guidance gives the ordinary flag a 2:3 proportion.
Flag of Italy
Three equal-width vertical bands.
Current flag
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Italy
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 2:3 height: width
Flag design
Three equal-width vertical bands.
- Layout
- Vertical bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Equal-width bands
- Colours
- Green, white, and red
Sources
Italy’s green-white-red tricolour
Italy’s flag is a vertical tricolour of equal green, white and red bands. Article 12 of the Constitution defines this arrangement as the flag of the Republic, while government guidance specifies the official textile colour codes.
The tricolour tradition reaches back to the late eighteenth century and became a national emblem during the unification movement. Popular explanations often assign a separate meaning to each colour, but Italy’s constitutional description defines the design rather than an official colour-by-colour symbolism.
Frequently asked questions
What are the official colours of Italy's flag?
Government guidance specifies textile colours by Pantone codes: green 17-6153, white 11-0601 and red 18-1662.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Italy
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Rome
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- IT
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ITA
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 380
- Top-level domain
- .it
- Area
- 301,230 km²
- Population
- 58,915,656 (2025)
- Currency
- EUR
- Calling code
- +39
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Italy (1802–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
About historical flags
Vexilla's historical flag collection includes former flags associated with present-day countries and territories, as well as flags of states, empires, and other authorities that historically governed them.
A flag's inclusion in a country's historical collection does not necessarily mean that the country was independent at the time or that the flag was its own national flag.
The years shown are based on historical records in the dataset and do not always indicate the date of official adoption. The collection is not exhaustive, and historical usage, territorial coverage, and interpretations may vary.
