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This was an initial proposal, with the same colors in a slightly boring horizontal triband:

green-yellow-black-triband

Another proposal rearranged it a bit, but was discarded as too similar to the flag of Tanganyika, which seems quite reasonable, since they did not know that problem would be short-lived:

flag with green-yellow-black-yellow-black horizontal stripes

In the end they went for the saltire, which seems like a great choice, creating a more unique and interesting design.

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[โ€“] Xenon 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn you Libyan revolution. We want our green rectangle back.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yea, my first reflex was "What about Libya?", not realizing the flag changed in 2011 already.