Colours of flags and heraldry
National flags, coats of arms and banners.
#007FFF
Azure
A clear sky blue, halfway between blue and cyan on the colour wheelNamed shade · 🇮🇹 Italy +2
#E25822
Scarlet
A bright red with a touch of orange, long tied to power, sacrifice and sinNamed shade · 🇹🇷 Turkey +4
#87CEEB
Sky blue
A light blue named for the colour of a clear daytime skyNamed shade · 🇦🇷 Argentina +5
#DC143C
Crimson
A deep red with a hint of purple, once made from insectsNamed shade · 🇳🇵 Nepal
#800000
Maroon
A deep brownish red named for the French word for chestnutNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia +4
#000080
Navy blue
A deep blue shade named for the uniforms of the Royal NavyNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +2
#F4C430
Saffron
A yellow-orange shade named after the colour of saffron crocus threadsNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India +1
#002366
Royal blue
A strong, deep blue linked with royalty and national flagsNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +4
#318CE7
Bleu de France
A vivid blue long linked with France and its national identityNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France
#4B61D1
Savoy blueblu Savoia
A bright blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, a symbol of Italy since the Middle AgesNamed shade · 🇮🇹 Italy
#960018
Carmine
A deep red shade, close to pure red and seen in dried blood and rubiesNamed shade · 🇱🇻 Latvia +1
Green
Vert
The heraldic name for green, seen on coats of arms and many national flagsHeraldic colour · 🇧🇷 Brazil +4
#FFC680
Buff
A pale brownish yellow named for the colour of natural leatherNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +3
#FBEC5D
Maize
A yellow named for the colour of maize grains, ranging from pale to goldenNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +1
#009C8C
Blue-green
The colour between blue and green, part of the cyan familyNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia +3
Orange
Tenné
A rare heraldic stain of orange-tawny, named for tanned leatherNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +3
#5D8AA8
Air Force blue
A medium blue-green shade linked to air force uniforms and flagsNamed shade · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom +3
Blue
National colours of Ukraine
Blue and gold as the colours of Ukraine’s flag, arms and national teamsNational or team colour · 🇺🇦 Ukraine
#682860
Palatinate
A purple shade long tied to Durham University and its traditionsNamed shade
Blue
Blue
A colour long prized in art, faith and dress, from ancient Egypt to modern flagsBasic colour · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5
Black
National colours of New Zealand
Black, white or silver, and red ochre as New Zealand’s national coloursNational or team colour · 🇳🇿 New Zealand
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.
- Azure: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bleu de France: Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buff: Johan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carmine: grassrootsgroundswell, CC BY 2.0, source
- Maize: en:User:Pratheepps, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Navy blue: Official Navy Page, Public domain, source
- Palatinate: AlexD, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tenné: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Public domain, source
- Vert: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Air Force blue: Mick, CC BY 2.0, source
- Savoy blue: El Gráfico, Public domain, source
- National colours of New Zealand: Mehdi Nazarinia, GFDL 1.2, source
- Sky blue: Gabriela Ruellan, CC0, source
- National colours of Ukraine: Dobrych, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Blue: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, source
- Maroon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Scarlet: Daderot, Public domain, source
- Crimson: F ASTILY, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Saffron: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Blue-green: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, source
- Red: Politikaner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source