The flag of Memphis, Tennessee, was designed by Albert Mallory III, then a student at the Memphis Academy of Arts,[1] and was formally adopted by the city commission in July 1963.

The flag was updated in 1967 to its current form, when a new city seal design by Alfred Lewis Aydelott[2] was adopted by the city government, as it transitioned to a mayor-council form of government.

The flag consists of a field divided into three main parts, in red, white, and blue; with the city's seal depicted in gold with black detailing, and positioned at the intersection of the three colors.

Colors in the flag are emblematic of the three states represented in the Memphis metropolitan area — red for Tennessee, white for Arkansas, and blue for Mississippi — with the angled edge of the white portion representing the angle of the Mississippi River.

The flag is double-faced per the municipal code,[3] allowing the city seal to be properly viewed from either side.