The flag of Georgia is a tricolour consisting of the colours (from the top of the flag to the bottom of the flag) red, white and red. In the flag's canton is a navy blue square inside which sits the state's coat of arms in gold surrounded by 13 white five pointed stars (representing the original 13 colonies). The flag of Georgia was adopted on 8 May 2003 and replaced a previous version which included the Confederate flag as part of the design. The flag's ratio is 2:3.