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)
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

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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

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

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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 Australia
Flag of Chile
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:

Earth flag
Flag of Europe
Flag of Japan
Flag of Bangladesh
Flag of Palau
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

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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

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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 Papua New Guinea (bird-of-paradise)
Flag of Flanders, Belgium (lion)
Flag of Sri Lanka (lion)
Flag of Bhutan (dragon)

Person or Body Part

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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 Brazil (several constellations)
Flag of Laos (Moon)
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (Sun)
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 the Isle of Wight, UK (Carisbrooke Castle)
Flag of Toronto (Toronto City Hall)

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)

Flag

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

Examples:

South African Prinsevlag (19281994) (flags of the United Kingdom, Orange Free State, and Transvaal)
Flag of Georgia, USA (20012003) (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)

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 Cyprus
Flag of Kosovo
Flag of Unified Korea

Machine, Tool, or Instrument

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags with devices.

Examples:

Flag of Kaluga, Russia
(satellite)
Flag of Portugal
(armillary sphere)
Presidential Standard of Ireland (harp)
Flag of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland (key)

Shield or Weapon

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

Examples:

Flag of Essex, England (seax)
Flag of Kenya (shield and spears)
Flag of Mozambique (AK-47)
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands (arrows)

Inscription

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inscribed flags.

Examples:

Flag of Rwanda (before October 25, 2001, Latin)
Flag of Dutch East India Company, Latin of VOC initial)
Flag of Russian SFSR (before 1937, 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, (Chinese)
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