How can you tell the flags of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela apart?

Colombia: no coat of arms, just the three bands. Ecuador: the coat of arms with a condor in the middle. Venezuela: three equal bands and an arc of eight white stars.

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Colombia vs Ecuador Flag

Q: What is the difference between the flags of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela?

Colombia and Ecuador both fly yellow, blue and red across, with the yellow band as wide as the other two together. Ecuador has its coat of arms, with a condor, in the middle; Colombia's flag is plain. Venezuela uses the same colours in three equal bands with an arc of eight white stars.

Colombia and Ecuador both fly yellow, blue and red across, with the yellow band as wide as the other two together. Ecuador has its coat of arms, with a condor, in the middle; Colombia's flag is plain. Venezuela uses the same colours in three equal bands with an arc of eight white stars.

ColombiaLook for no coat of arms, just the three bands.
EcuadorLook for the coat of arms with a condor in the middle.
VenezuelaLook for three equal bands and an arc of eight white stars.

At a glance

	Colombia	Ecuador	Venezuela
Yellow band	Half the flag	Half the flag	A third
In the middle	Nothing	Coat of arms with a condor	Eight white stars in an arc
Shape	2:3	1:2	2:3

Test yourself

Two of these flags at a time. The last rounds show the flags smaller, the way they look on a phone.

Why they look alike

All three come from the flag of Gran Colombia, the country that Simón Bolívar led and that broke up in 1830 into Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Each kept the yellow, blue and red, and players in our flag games mix up all three.