The palate is literally the roof of the mouth, and so the means of testing the taste of something, or the pleasure of taste itself: Too much junk food can ruin your palate; The white wine appealed to her palate. A palette is the board on which an artist mixes paints to make different colours. It is sometimes used to refer to a range of colours.
The stars stand for the two islands. Red recalls the struggle for independence. Yellow is said to represent the country's cocoa plantations. Effective date: 12 July 1975.