The symbol of the Paralympic Games is composed of three "agitos", coloured red, blue, and green, encircling a single point, on a white field. The agito ("I move" in Latin) is a symbol of movement in the shape of an asymmetrical crescent. The Paralympic symbol was created by the Scholz & Friends agency and approved in April 2003.
The colours of the agitos with the white background stand for the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world. The three agitos encircle a centre point, to emphasize "the role that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has of bringing athletes from all corners of the world together and enabling them to compete".
The shape also symbolises the Paralympic vision "To Enable Paralympic Athletes to Achieve Sporting Excellence and to Inspire and Excite the World".
The symbol was first used in a Paralympic emblem at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino.
The previous Paralympic symbols were based on the traditional Korean decorative component called "tae-geuk", which is based on the ancient Chinese symbol of Tai-Chi. The ones shown on the flags were half of the tae-geuk in different colours. The colours were also the same as in the Olympic Rings: blue, black, red, yellow and green.
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