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The South African flag was inaugurated on 27 April 1994. The national flag is rectangular, with a ratio of 3:2. It is made up of six colors: red, green, blue, white, black and yellow. It is y-shaped (the official explanation is that V then flows to a flat line, not Y). The upper area of the flag is red, the lower area is blue, each accounting for one-third of the width of the flag, red represents blood, blue represents the sky. In the center of the flag is a horizontal y-shaped three-color bar, accounting for one third of the width of the flag, symbolizing the convergence of different South African nations, common development, together to the road ahead. A black triangle used to separate the red and blue areas and to connect the cloth of the flagpole. Black represents black. The middle color of the three-color bar is green, whose width accounts for one fifth of the width of the flag, representing the land. The green is flanked by gold and white, which account for one fifteenth of the width of the flag, with gold representing gold and white representing white.