Flag of Jamaica

The flag of Jamaica was created in 1962 in anticipation of its independence day in August 6. It was agreed by the deciding committee that the flag should include the colours black, yellow, and green.^[1] It is currently the only country flag without red, white or blue.

Appearance

It has a gold diagonal cross divides the field into four triangles of green (top and bottom) and black (hoist-side and fly-side).

Flag Of Jamaica Media

The first proposed design for the Jamaican flag
Another proposal for the Jamaican flag
Jamaican flag waving above a house roof.
1875–1906
1906–1957
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Converting Flag_of_Jamaica_(1957-1962).svg to /var/www/html/w/images/temp/transform_7e4e54209b47.png ... org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException: null Enclosed Exception: file:/var/www/html/w/images/temp/svg_9ae89312d182ac2a1471e0db/Flag_of_Jamaica_(1957-1962).svg:-1 The attribute "xlink:href" of the element <use> is required at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(SVGAbstractTranscoder.java:228) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.image.ImageTranscoder.transcode(ImageTranscoder.java:92) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.XMLAbstractTranscoder.transcode(XMLAbstractTranscoder.java:142) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(SVGAbstractTranscoder.java:158) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.transcode(SVGConverter.java:1008) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.execute(SVGConverter.java:719) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.execute(Main.java:956) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.main(Main.java:1009) Caused by: org.apache.batik.bridge.BridgeException: file:/var/www/html/w/images/temp/svg_9ae89312d182ac2a1471e0db/Flag_of_Jamaica_(1957-1962).svg:-1 The attribute "xlink:href" of the element <use> is required at org.apache.batik.bridge.SVGUseElementBridge.buildCompositeGraphicsNode(SVGUseElementBridge.java:120) at org.apache.batik.bridge.SVGUseElementBridge.createGraphicsNode(SVGUseElementBridge.java:98) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildGraphicsNode(GVTBuilder.java:213) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildComposite(GVTBuilder.java:171) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildGraphicsNode(GVTBuilder.java:219) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildComposite(GVTBuilder.java:171) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.build(GVTBuilder.java:82) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(SVGAbstractTranscoder.java:210) ... 7 more ... error (SVGConverter.error.while.rasterizing.file)

1957–1962
Error creating thumbnail: About to transcode 1 SVG file(s)
Converting Flag_of_Jamaica_(1962).svg to /var/www/html/w/images/temp/transform_a620ff0f643e.png ... org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException: null Enclosed Exception: file:/var/www/html/w/images/temp/svg_0efb6627fab249cfa7a91e8a/Flag_of_Jamaica_(1962).svg:-1 The attribute "xlink:href" of the element <use> is required at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(SVGAbstractTranscoder.java:228) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.image.ImageTranscoder.transcode(ImageTranscoder.java:92) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.XMLAbstractTranscoder.transcode(XMLAbstractTranscoder.java:142) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(SVGAbstractTranscoder.java:158) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.transcode(SVGConverter.java:1008) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.execute(SVGConverter.java:719) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.execute(Main.java:956) at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.main(Main.java:1009) Caused by: org.apache.batik.bridge.BridgeException: file:/var/www/html/w/images/temp/svg_0efb6627fab249cfa7a91e8a/Flag_of_Jamaica_(1962).svg:-1 The attribute "xlink:href" of the element <use> is required at org.apache.batik.bridge.SVGUseElementBridge.buildCompositeGraphicsNode(SVGUseElementBridge.java:120) at org.apache.batik.bridge.SVGUseElementBridge.createGraphicsNode(SVGUseElementBridge.java:98) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildGraphicsNode(GVTBuilder.java:213) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildComposite(GVTBuilder.java:171) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildGraphicsNode(GVTBuilder.java:219) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildComposite(GVTBuilder.java:171) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildGraphicsNode(GVTBuilder.java:219) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.buildComposite(GVTBuilder.java:171) at org.apache.batik.bridge.GVTBuilder.build(GVTBuilder.java:82) at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(SVGAbstractTranscoder.java:210) ... 7 more ... error (SVGConverter.error.while.rasterizing.file)

Flag of Jamaica between July 13 - August 6, 1962.