International Olympic Committee
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The Olympic flag features five interlocking coloured rings on a white background. The rings are blue, yellow, black, green, and red from left to right, arranged in a 3-2 pattern. The five rings represent the five inhabited continents united by the Olympic movement, and the six colours (including the white background) were chosen because every nation's flag contains at least one of them.
Pierre de Coubertin designed the rings in 1912. The six colours (blue, yellow, black, green, red, and white) were chosen because at least one appears in every national flag in the world.
Adopted: 1913
