List of flags by design

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This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.

Solid

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of solid flags.

Examples:

Flag of Libya (1977–2011)

Flag of China
(charged with canton stars)

Flag of Japan
(charged with a disc)

Flag of Rapa Nui
(charged with a red Rei Miru, an Easter Island wood carving)

Olympic Flag

Bicolour

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bicolor flags.

Examples:

Flag of Rome (vertical bicolour)

Flag of Malta (charged vertical bicolour)

Flag of Portugal (charged vertical bicolour)

Flag of Algeria (charged vertical bicolour)

Vatican City (charged vertical bicolour)

Flag of Indonesia (horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Ukraine (horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Tatarstan (fimbriated horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Haiti (charged horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Angola (charged horizontal bicolour)

Flag of Bhutan (charged diagonal bicolour)

Flag of Galicia (bicolour with a diagonal stripe)

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (charged fimbriated diagonal bicolour)

Flag of Finland (cross bicolour)

Flag of Bahrain (serrated vertical bicolour)

Tricolour and other tribands

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of triband flags.

Examples:

Flag of France (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Italy (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Romania (vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Mexico (charged vertical tricolour triband)

Flag of Nigeria (vertical bicolour triband)

Flag of the Netherlands (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Germany (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Russia (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Serbia (charged horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Hungary (horizontal tricolour triband)

Flag of Canada (charged vertical bicolour triband)

Flag of Austria (horizontal bicolour triband)

Flag of Ecuador (charged horizontal tricolour)

Flag of The Gambia (fimbriated horizontal tricolour)

Flag of Namibia (charged fimbriated diagonal tricolour)

Quartered

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Examples:

Flag of Maryland, United States (orthogonal)

Flag of Panama (orthogonal)

Flag of Jamaica (diagonal)

Flag of Ceuta, Spain (gyronny)

Stripes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of striped flags.

Examples:

NATO signal flag turn (vertical stripes)

Flag of Catalonia, Spain (horizontal stripes)

Flag of South Africa (pall)

Border

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Examples:

Flag of Grenada

Flag of Montenegro

Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Flag of Wyoming, United States

Canton

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with cantons.

Examples:

Flag of the United States

British Red Ensign (see also: Flags based on British ensigns on Wikimedia Commons)

Esperanto flag

Shape

Circle or sphere

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with circles.

Examples:

Flag of the Vietnamese National Party

Crescent

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with crescents.

Examples:

Flag of Turkey (crescent facing single star)

Flag of Azerbaijan (crescent facing single star)

Flag of Malaysia (crescent facing a 14-point star)

Flag of Turkmenistan (crescent facing constellation)

Flag of Nepal (crescent and sun)

Flag of Singapore (crescent and five stars)

Flag of Pakistan (crescent and a star)

Cross

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with crosses.

Examples:

Flag of Saint David (symmetric cross)

Flag of Denmark (Nordic cross)

Flag of Scotland (Saltire / St. Andrew's Cross)

Flag of Occitania (Occitan cross and Felibritge star)

Diamond

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with diamonds.

Examples:

Flag of Amapá

Flag of Arkansas

Flag of the Republic of the Rif

Flag of Yokohama, Japan

Spiral

Examples:

Flag of Tino rangatiratanga movement

Flag of Ottawa

Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture

Square

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Square flags.

Examples:

Flag of Switzerland (square flag)

ICS flag sierra (square in flag)

Flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada (Canadian pale)

The checkered flag

Star

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with stars.

Examples:

Flag of Israel (blue 6-pointed star - Star of David)

Assyrian flag

Flag of Morocco (pentagram)

Flag of the Community of Madrid (white 5-pointed stars)

Flag of Chicago

Flag of the Red Army of the Soviet Union (fimbriated red 5-pointed star)

Flag of Portland, Oregon (white 4-pointed star)

Flag of Texas(white 5-pointed star)

Triangle

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with triangles.

Examples:

Flag of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Flag of the Czech Republic

Flag of Guyana

Flag of Salinas, Puerto Rico

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Living organism

Animal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with animals.

Examples:

Flag of California, United States (grizzly bear)

Flag of Berlin, Germany (bear)

Flag of Albania (double-headed eagle)

Flag of Papua New Guinea (bird-of-paradise)

Flag of Flanders, Belgium (lion)

Flag of Sri Lanka (lion)

Flag of Bhutan (dragon)

Flag of Wales (dragon)

Flag of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe Bird)

Person or Body Part

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with humans.

Examples:

Flag of Corsica (head)

Flag of the Isle of Man (leg)

Flag of Sicily (leg and head)

Flag of New Jersey (Liberty and Ceres)

Flag of Ulster (hand)

Flag of Benin Empire (people)

Plant

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with plants.

Examples:

Flag of Quebec (fleur-de-lis)

Flag of Kalmykia (lotus)

Flag of the United Nations (olive branches)

Flag of Lebanon (cedar)

Flag of Hong Kong (Bauhinia blakeana)

Object

Anchor, Boat, or Ship

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of nautical flags.

Examples:

Flag of Anchorage, Alaska (an anchor)

Flag of New Brunswick (a galley)

Flag of Quebec City (the Don de Dieu)

Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (the Grande Hermine)

Astronomical object

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with stars.

Examples:

Flag of Argentina (Sun of May)

Flag of Australia (Crux)

Flag of Brazil (several constellations)

Flag of Laos (Moon)

Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (Sun)

Flag of New Zealand (Crux)

Flag of the Philippines (Sun)

Building

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with buildings.

Examples:

Flag of Afghanistan (a mosque)

Flag of Cambodia (Angkor Wat)

Flag of Durban, South Africa (City Hall dome)

Flag of the Isle of Wight, UK (Carisbrooke Castle)

Flag of Toronto, Canada (Toronto City Hall)

Royal Standard of the Duke of Edinburgh (Castle)

Headgear

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with headgear.

Examples:

State Ensign of Belgium (crown)

State Flag of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen)

Flag of Calgary, Alberta (Smithbilt)

Flag of the Vatican City (Papal Tiara)

Personal Flag of Queen Elizabeth II (crown)

Flag of the Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1951-1970) (crown)

Flag

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with flags.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with cantons.

Examples:

South African Prinsevlag (1928–1994) (flags of the United Kingdom, Orange Free State, and Transvaal)

Flag of Georgia, USA (2001–2003) (1777 U.S. flag, traditional, 1920, and 1956 Georgia flags, and current U.S. flag)

Flag of Haiti (six vertically hoisted Haitian flags)

Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France (Basque, Breton, and Norman flags)

Flag of Tuvalu (Union Jack in canton)

Hill, Mountain, or Rock

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geographical flags.

Examples:

Flag of Roswell, New Mexico (El Capitan)

Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture (Mount Fuji)

Flag of Sint Eustatius (The Quill)

Flag of Slovakia (Tatra, Mátra and Fatra)

Map

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geographical flags.

Examples:

Flag of Bangladesh (1971)

Flag of Cyprus

Flag of Kosovo

Flag of Unified Korea

Machine, Tool, or Instrument

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with devices.

Examples:

Flag of Angola (machete and cog wheel)

Flag of Kaluga, Russia
(satellite)

Flag of Portugal
(armillary sphere)

Presidential Standard of Ireland (harp)

Flag of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland (key)

Flag of the Soviet Union (hammer and sickle)

Shield or Weapon

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with weapons.

Examples:

Flag of Essex, England (seax)

Flag of Guatemala (rifle)

Flag of Kenya (shield and spears)

Flag of Mozambique (AK-47)

Flag of Swaziland (shield and spears)

Flag of the United States Virgin Islands (arrows)

Inscription

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inscribed flags.

Examples:

Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001) (Latin)

Flag of Venda (1973-1994) (Latin)

Flag of Dutch East India Company, (Latin)

Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1920) (Cyrillic)

Flag of Magway Division, Myanmar (Burmese)

Flag of Saudi Arabia (Arabic)

Flag of Iran (Arabic)

Flag of Righteous Army, Japan (Kanji)

Flag of Lanfang Republic (1777-1884) (Chinese)

External links

Keyword list at Flags of the World.

Lists of flags

Lists of flags

State-related	Civil flag State flag War flag Civil ensign Naval ensign Country Date of Adoption Historical flags Arab states Mobile Air Forces Roundels Air Forces Fin Flashes Civil air ensign

Other entities	Ethnic Country subdivisions Oceania

By design	Color by number by combination Two-sided Aspect ratio

By nations	Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Cambodia Canada Chile China People's Republic of China (Mainland China) Republic of China (Taiwan) Hong Kong Macau Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Denmark Dem. Rep. Congo Dominican Republic Egypt Estonia Finland France regions Germany Georgia Greece Haiti Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Iraq Italy regions Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea North Korea South Korea Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malaysia Mexico Malta Moldova Morocco Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland naval and maritime voivodeships Portugal Rhodesia Romania Russia / Soviet Union federal subjects Russian Navy republics Soviet Navy Saudi Arabia Serbia Kosovo Singapore South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Falkland Islands Gibraltar United States states Puerto Rico CSA Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yugoslavia Zimbabwe

By continent	Africa Antarctica Asia Europe North America Oceania South America

Names in italics indicate non-sovereign (dependent) territories, disputed states and/or former countries.

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