Four horizontal stripes (each one symbolizing one of the four major islands of the Union of the Comoros) of yellow (representing Mohéli), white (representing Mayotte), red (representing Anjouan), and blue (representing Grande Comore); with a green chevron (symbolizing Islam) based on the hoist side charged with a white crescent and four five-pointed stars (the stars themselves stand for the previously mentioned islands, while the symbol as a whole is often associated with Islam).
A horizontal bicolour of light blue (representing the sea and the sky, as well as the IssaSomalis) and light green (representing the earth, as well as the Afar people), with a white chevron (symbolizing peace) at the hoist bearing a red star (which stands for the unity of the state and the blood shed by the martyrs of independence) in its centre.