[1] The coat of arms are coloured black and gold, representing stability.

The rays are intended to "symbolise action reaching out to the boundaries of the borough", but also represent the electromagnetic rays from the mast of the Alexandra Palace television station at Alexandra Palace, one of the landmarks in the Borough of Haringey, from where the world's first regular high-definition television transmissions were broadcast in 1936.

[2][3][4] The crest, depicted on a helm above the shield, consists of a cogwheel for industry and a rising sun for the new borough.

The mayoral chain has the heraldic achievement hanging in a badge made out of 18 k gold and enamel, with the text "The London Borough of Haringey MCMLXV".

[1] A flag is used which looks like a banner of arms but with the tinctures reversed, so that it has eight black rays on a yellow field.