Description
Each side of the flag consists of three equal, horizontal bands: red, white, and blue, with an emblem centred in the white band. The emblem on the obverse side is the national coat of arms of Paraguay: a yellow five-pointed star surrounded by a green wreath capped by the words ("Republic of Paraguay"), all within two concentric circles); the emblem on the reverse side is the seal of the treasury (a yellow lion below a red Phrygian cap and the words Paz y Justicia ("Peace and Justice") capped by, again within two circles.
Its colours bear resemblance to the modern flag of the Netherlands.
The design of the flag was simplified in 1991.
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