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Next: 21 Sept 2027

International Day of Peace

White: the dove, the flag of truce and white clothes, with the light blue of the United Nations.

The colours of International Day of Peace

The United Nations keeps 21 September as the International Day of Peace and asks for a day without fighting. At its New York headquarters the Peace Bell, cast from coins given by children around the world, is rung. White is the colour of the day. A white flag has meant a request to stop fighting for many centuries, and the white dove with an olive branch, from the story of Noah, became the modern emblem of peace after Picasso drew it for a peace congress in 1949. Schools hold assemblies in white, release paper doves and form human peace signs. The light blue of the United Nations flag was chosen in the 1940s as the opposite of red, the colour of war.

#FFFFFFDove whiteThe dove and the flag of truce.
#5B92E5UN blueThe flag of the United Nations.
#708238Olive greenThe olive branch.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

WhitePeace and truce.AzureThe light blue family of the United Nations flag.OliveThe olive branch.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "International Day of Peace" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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