The Tricolour {{lang-my|'''သုံးရောင်ခြယ်'''}} ({{literal translation|three colour painted}}) originally refers to the flag of [[Dobama Asiayone]] (which had two variants).<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1976 |title=တို့ဗမာအစည်းအရုံးသမိုင်း |trans-title=Dobama Asiayone history |language=my |url= |location= |publisher=စာပေဗိမာန် |page= |isbn=}}</ref> The first (1935) version of the Tricolour was used as the national flag of the [[State of Burma]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lostfootsteps.org/en/history/an-old-flag-of-myanmar |title=An Old Flag of Myanmar |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Lost Footsteps |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> The current [[flag of Myanmar]] (since 2010) uses the tricolour background to indicate the magnificence of the Tricolour flag.<ref>{{cite act |type=law |index= |date=2010 |article=5(a) |article-type= |legislature=State Peace and Development Council |title=နိုင်ငံတော်အလံဥပဒေ |trans-title=The Union Flag Law |page= |url=https://www.mlis.gov.mm/mLsView.do;jsessionid=940B4DECB83CA22C4FB3213CCC92AE53?lawordSn=7351 |language=my, en}}</ref>

Its background is the tricolour of yellow, green and red. For the central symbol, there is two variants; the [[National symbols of Myanmar|peacock]] (in 1935 version), and the [[hammer and sickle]] (in 1938 version).<ref>{{cite book |author=Khin Yi |date=1988 |title=The Dobama Movement in Burma (1930-1938) |url=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780877271185/the-dobama-movement-in-burma-19301938/#bookTabs=1 |location= |publisher=Cornell University Press |page= |isbn=}}</ref>

There are two songs with the same name {{my|သုံးရောင်ခြယ်သီချင်း}} (meaning: Tricolour Song), composed by two different composers, composed about the meaning behind the Tricolour symbolisation and the hope of Burmese people.

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| footer = The Tricolour, since 1935, originally included the peacock in the centre. Then, in 1938, the peacock was replaced by the hammer and sickle.

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