<Tr> <Th> Proportion </Th> <Td> 2: 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> With a yellow one - starred crown in each corner . </Td> </Tr> <P> The flag of Morocco (Arabic: علم المغرب ‎; Berber languages: Acenyal n Umerruk) is made of a red field with a black - bordered green pentagram . </P> <P> Red has considerable historic significance in Morocco, proclaiming the descent from royal Alaouite dynasty . This ruling house was associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad via Fatimah, the wife of Ali, the fourth Muslim Caliph . Red is also the color that was used by the sharifs of Mecca and the imams of Yemen . From the 17th century on, when Morocco was ruled by the Alaouite dynasty, the flags of the country were plain red . In 1915, during the reign of Mulay Yusef, the green interlaced pentangle was added to the national flag . While Morocco was under French and Spanish control, the red flag with the seal in the center remained in use, but only inland . Its use at sea was prohibited . When independence was restored in 1955, it once again became the national flag . </P>

Why is the moroccan flag red and green