Doppelgangers – Orange, White & Green

There’s a lotta countries out there.  Given that, I’m not too surprised that there were some girls who wore the exact same dress to the party, if you know what I mean.


Cote d’Ivoire

The Cote d’Ivoire, AKA the Ivory Coast, was a former French colony that went with a variation of the tricolore. The orange is supposed to be represent the savannahs of the north part of the country, the green the forests of the south, and the white peace between the two regions.

Unfortunately, that combination looks a heck of a lot like Ireland’s.

Interestingly, the symbolism is much the same. In this one, though, the green stands for the Catholics in the south and the orange for Protestants in the north.

Now, you could say that simply switching the stripe that appears at the host is enough to tell the difference between these two. I, however, think we can do a little better than that.

For example, what if we were to introduce one of the pan-African colors into the Ivorian flag:

We can say that it symbolizes the wealth of the country, or the sun that shines on all Ivorians, or whatever you like … 


Niger

Niger is another west African country and former French Colony that has elected to go with an orange-white-green scheme. 

Unfortunately, that also makes it look a lot like India’s:

(By the way, the symbolism in the Indian flag is very similar to that of Ireland’s. In India’s case, though, we’ve got Hindu orange and Muslim green.) 

So, let’s go ahead and throw in some yellow on this one too (Niger’s, not India’s):

Done!


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