Colours of flags and heraldry
National flags, coats of arms and banners.
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Red
A primary colour seen in light, pigment, and tradition worldwideBasic colour · 🇺🇸 United States +5
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Green
The colour between cyan and yellow, seen widely in plants and natureBasic colour · 🇮🇪 Ireland +1
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Yellow
A primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigmentsBasic colour · 🇫🇷 France +5
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Blue
A primary colour seen in the sky and sea, used since ancient times in art and dyeBasic colour
Black
Sable
The heraldic name for the colour blackHeraldic colour · 🇩🇪 Germany +3
Purple and violet
Purpure
A heraldic colour for purple, seen in coats of arms since early timesBasic colour
Blue
Blue
A colour long prized in art, faith and dress, from ancient Egypt to modern flagsBasic colour · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5
Red
Red红 / 紅 (hóng), Красный (Krasny)
A colour linked with luck, love, courage and ceremony in cultures worldwideBasic colour · 🇨🇳 China +5
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Purpure: Lobsterthermidor ( talk ) 13:24, 30 April 2017 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sable: Mickey Bohnacker, Presse-Fotograf, Frankfurt/Main, Public domain, source
- Blue: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, source
- Red: Sander van der Wel, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Green: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yellow: Mark Robinson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Blue: NOAA-JMA, CC BY 4.0, source
- Red: Politikaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source