Explore Flags by Color
Select a primary flag tincture below to see every matching national flag and its governing color specification system (Pantone, Munsell, CIE, or statute-named).
Primary flag colors
Red Flags (32)
Red is the most common primary tincture on national flags, appearing on more than three-quarters of sovereign banners—from crimson sun discs and Nordic crosses to revolutionary tricolors.
White Flags (27)
In heraldry and vexillology, white corresponds to the metal silver (argent) and serves as the essential high-contrast separator between colored stripes, crosses, and emblems.
Blue Flags (19)
Dark and medium blue appear across maritime ensigns, republican tricolors, and Nordic crosses, ranging from French navy and British royal blue to Swedish, Finnish, and Dutch cobalt.
Green Flags (7)
Green features prominently in European republican tricolors (Italy, Ireland), West African Pan-African tricolors (Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire), and South Asian standards (Bangladesh).
Yellow & Gold Flags (13)
Representing the heraldic metal gold (or), yellow provides bright optical contrast against blue, red, black, and green fields in tricolors, Nordic crosses, and Pacific or European emblems.
Black Flags (2)
Derived from the heraldic tincture sable, black provides stark structural contrast on Central European constitutional tricolors such as Germany and Belgium.
Orange Flags (3)
A distinctive and relatively rare flag color originating in the sixteenth-century Dutch Prinsenvlag and carried today on the vertical tricolors of Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire.
Light & Sky Blue Flags (3)
Sky blue and Pacific ocean blue are treated as distinct tinctures from dark navy or cobalt blue in countries and cities such as Luxembourg, Palau, and Chicago.