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This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals , coats of arms , and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields.
(white flag, charged with the Olympic rings in blue, yellow, black, green, and red, representing the five continents Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania) Flag of the People's Republic of China (red flag, charged with yellow canton stars in the top left corner, colors reminiscent of the Flag of the Qing dynasty and the Flag of the ...
On 15 March 1822, the Provisional Government, by Decree Nr. 540, laid down the exact pattern: white cross on blue (plain) for the land flag; nine alternate-coloured stripes with the white cross on a blue field in the canton for the naval ensign; and blue with a blue cross on a white field in the canton for the civil ensign (merchant flag).
Greece's national flag between 1822 and 1970 featured a simple white cross on a blue background. It is not known why this version was adopted, and not a blue cross on a white background as was popular in the War of Independence. During the dictatorship, a navy blue version of the current flag with proportions of 7:12 was used. 1844–1922
Notably, the Union Jack features in many territorial and sub-national flags usually based on the Red Ensign (e.g., Bermuda) or Blue Ensign (e.g., New South Wales). The British Ensign in a few cases have backgrounds of other colours (e.g. British Antarctic Territory and Niue ) or a unique pattern in the field (e.g. British Indian Ocean Territory ...
It consists of a white cross on a blue background, with four white fleurs-de-lis. [2] It was the first provincial flag officially adopted in Canada and was originally shown on January 21, 1948, at the Parliament Building in Quebec City, during the administration of Maurice Duplessis. Legislation governing its usage was enacted on March 9, 1950.
That flag was a blue St George's Cross (an upright or Latin cross) on a red field, with 15 white stars on the cross, representing the slave-holding states, [41] [42] and, on the red field, palmetto and crescent symbols. Miles received various feedback on this design, including a critique from Charles Moise, a self-described "Southerner of ...
A Finnish speciality is that any yachting club that is registered in Finland may apply to have a flag with the club emblem officially approved for use on yachts: the civil ensign with a white cross 3 ⁄ 5 of a unit wide superimposed on the blue cross and with the club emblem in the upper hoist corner. Most yachting clubs distribute those ...