List of flags by design

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

Solid

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Examples:

Flag of Libya (1977–2011)

Olympic Flag

White flag of truce, peace, or surrender

Charged

Flag of China (red flag charged with yellow canton stars in the top left corner, colors reminiscent of the Flag of the Qing dynasty and the Flag of the Republic of China)

Flag of Japan (white flag charged with a centered red circular disc representing the sun, embodying the name Land of the Rising Sun)

Flag of New Mexico (yellow flag charged with a centered red Zia Pueblo sun symbol, colors of the Flag of Spain representing Hispano Nuevo México)

Flag of Rapa Nui (white flag charged with a centered red Rei Miru, an ornamental Easter Island wearable wood carving)

Bicolour

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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

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Examples:

Flag of India (charged Horizontal tricolour triband)	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 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)
Flag of Benin (tribar)	Flag of Madagascar (tribar)	Flag of the United Arab Emirates (polybar)	Flag of Oman (polybar)
Flag of Nigeria (vertical bicolour triband)	Flag of Sealand (diagonal tricolour)

Quartered

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Examples:

Flag of Maryland, United States (orthogonal)

Flag of Panama (orthogonal)

Flag of Burundi (diagonal)

Flag of Jamaica (diagonal)

Flag of Ceuta, Spain (gyronny)

Stripes

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Examples:

NATO signal flag turn (vertical stripes)	Flag of Catalonia, Spain (horizontal stripes)	Flag of South Africa (pall)	Flag of Vanuatu (pall)	Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (ray)
Naval Jack of the Netherlands (ray)

Border

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Examples:

Flag of Grenada

Flag of Guam

Flag of Montenegro

Flag of the Maldives

Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Flag of Wyoming, United States

Canton

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Examples:

Flag of Bermuda	Flag of Chile	Flag of Fiji	Flag of Malaysia	Flag of Saint Helena
Flag of the United States	British Red Ensign (see also: Flags based on British ensigns on Wikimedia Commons)	Esperanto flag

Shape

Circle or sphere

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Examples:

Earth flag	Flag of Europe	Flag of Japan	Flag of Bangladesh
Flag of Palau	Flag of the Vietnamese National Party

Crescent

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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)

Cross

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Examples:

Flag of Saint David (symmetric cross)	Flag of Denmark (Nordic cross)	Flag of Sardinia (Saint George's Cross and Four Moors heads)	Flag of Scotland (Saltire / St. Andrew's Cross)	Flag of the Dominican Republic
Flag of Occitania (Occitan cross and Felibritge star)	Flag of the United Kingdom

Diamond

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Examples:

Flag of Amapá

Flag of Arkansas

Flag of Brazil

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

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Examples:

Flag of Switzerland (square flag)	Wiphala, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiphala (square flag)	ICS flag sierra (square in flag)	Flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada (Canadian pale)	The checkered flag
Flag of Croatia (checkerboard in seal)

Star

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Examples:

Flag of Israel (blue 6-pointed star - Star of David)	Assyrian flag	Flag of Brazil	Flag of Chile	Flag of the People's Republic of China
Flag of Comoros	Flag of Dominica	Flag of Cabo Verde	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)	Flag of the United States
Flag of Ghana	Flag of Venezuela (8 arched 5 pointed stars)	Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo	Flag of Vietnam	Flag of Somalia

Sun

Flag of Japan

Flag of Kyrgyzstan

Flag of New Mexico

Flag of Taiwan

Triangle

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Examples:

Flag of Minas Gerais, Brazil	Flag of the Czech Republic	Flag of Djibouti	Flag of Guyana	Flag of South Sudan
Flag of Salinas, Puerto Rico	Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Flag of Saint Lucia

Living organism

Animal

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Examples:

Flag of California, United States (grizzly bear)	Flag of Berlin, Germany (bear)	Flag of Albania (double-headed eagle)	Flag of Saurashtra (horse)	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

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Examples:

Flag of Sardinia (Four Moors heads and Saint George's Cross)	Flag of Corsica (Moor's 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

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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

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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 Palau (Moon)	Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (Sun)
Flag of New Zealand (Crux)	Flag of the Philippines (Sun)

Book

Flag of the Dominican Republic

Flag of Mozambique

Building

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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

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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

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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

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Examples:

Flag of Bangladesh (1971)

Flag of Cyprus

Flag of Kosovo

Flag of Unified Korea

Machine, Tool, or Instrument

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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

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Examples:

Flag of Saudi Arabia (Sword)	Flag of Essex, England (seax)	Flag of the Brazilian Empire (Shield)	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)	Flag of Barbados (Trident)

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.