Ireland’s flag was adopted during the Irish War of Independence—about 1920.
Côte d’Ivoire’s flag was adopted in 1959.
Look at the two flags side-by-side.
Notice anything funny?
If you have a keen eye for seeing colors, you’ll notice that Côte d’Ivoire had the true artistic touch of the two countries, because they decided to flip the order of the green and orange on the flag.
Ireland really screwed up apparently. They put the green on the left, white in the middle, and orange on the right.
Big mistake.
Côte d’Ivoire, I think we can all agree, reconciled Ireland’s MASSIVE error by rearranging the order of the colors of the flag for themselves so that orange is on the left, white is in the middle, and green is on the right.
In the construction of Côte d’Ivoire’s flag, they basically held a fist up to Ireland’s face, shooting up the middle finger, which was only a decoy though, because it’s followed up by a swift kick to the groin.
The two countries shouldn’t fight, however.
Instead, the two countries should merge together to form one massive Côte d’Ireland. They could share a flag with just one color—light brown—which is what you get when you mix white, green, and orange.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
