Druze five-coloured star

Five colours in five points.

Also known as: Druze star, Five colour emblem

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Meanings

The five-coloured star used as an emblem of the Druze community.

Culturally establishedTradition
Serves as an emblem of the Druze community.
Contexts: History, Religion
Culturally establishedTradition
The five colours are identified within the tradition with five cosmic principles; the identification is the community's own and is recorded as such.
Contexts: History, Religion
Culturally establishedTradition
Druze religious teaching is closed to those outside the community and much of it is not published, so a catalogue entry can describe the emblem and cannot describe the doctrine behind it.
Contexts: History, Religion

Visual description

A five-pointed star with each point in a different colour — green, red, yellow, blue and white — arranged in a fixed order.

Symmetry: radial
Orientation: upright
Colours: green, red, yellow, blue, white

Confidence

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

Sources

The symbols of religious and spiritual traditions
Religious-studies scholarship and the traditions' own published accounts · retrieved 2026-08-27
Cited for the identity of a symbol and for the account a tradition gives of it, attributed to that tradition. Never cited for the truth of any religious claim. Where a symbol is sacred, restricted or contested, the record says so and does not reproduce restricted material.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27

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Meanings

The five-coloured star used as an emblem of the Druze community.

Culturally establishedTradition

Serves as an emblem of the Druze community.

Contexts: History, Religion

Culturally establishedTradition

The five colours are identified within the tradition with five cosmic principles; the identification is the community's own and is recorded as such.

Contexts: History, Religion

Culturally establishedTradition

Druze religious teaching is closed to those outside the community and much of it is not published, so a catalogue entry can describe the emblem and cannot describe the doctrine behind it.

Contexts: History, Religion

Confidence

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

Sources

The symbols of religious and spiritual traditions
Religious-studies scholarship and the traditions' own published accounts · retrieved 2026-08-27
Cited for the identity of a symbol and for the account a tradition gives of it, attributed to that tradition. Never cited for the truth of any religious claim. Where a symbol is sacred, restricted or contested, the record says so and does not reproduce restricted material.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27