Colours of flags and heraldry
National flags, coats of arms and banners.
#FF0000
Red
A primary colour seen in light, pigment, and tradition worldwideBasic colour · 🇺🇸 United States +5
#00FF00
Green
The colour between cyan and yellow, seen widely in plants and natureBasic colour · 🇮🇪 Ireland +1
#FFFF00
Yellow
A primary colour between green and orange, seen in sunlight, leaves, and pigmentsBasic colour · 🇫🇷 France +5
#0000FF
Blue
A primary colour seen in the sky and sea, used since ancient times in art and dyeBasic colour
#FF00FF
Magenta
A purplish-pink colour named after a battle and key to modern printingNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +4
#FFD700
Gold
A strong yellow named for the precious metal and often linked with wealth and first placeNamed shade
#007FFF
Azure
A clear sky blue, halfway between blue and cyan on the colour wheelNamed shade · 🇮🇹 Italy +2
#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
#008080
Teal
A dark cyan named after the Eurasian teal bird’s blue-green head stripeNamed shade
#228B22
Forest green
A deep green matching the leaves of temperate forestsNamed shade
#006600
Pakistan green
A deep green shade taken from the flag of PakistanNamed shade · 🇵🇰 Pakistan
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
- Gold: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Magenta: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Forest green: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sky blue: Gabriela Ruellan, CC0, source
- Maroon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Red: Sander van der Wel, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Crimson: F ASTILY, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Green: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yellow: Mark Robinson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Teal: Unknown author, CC0, source
- Blue: NOAA-JMA, CC BY 4.0, source