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A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. One of the first tricolours and the oldest tricolour still in use today is the flag of the Netherlands; one of the first vertical tricolours is the Tricolour of France. mirrored version of Image:Tricolore flagpole. ...
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The tricolour flag of France A flag is a symbol, often displayed on a piece of cloth that can be flown from a pole or mast, and is generally used for signalling or identification. ...
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Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of France (Vexillological symbol: , known in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau bleu-blanc-rouge, drapeau français, rarely, le tricolore and, in military parlance, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. ...
[edit] Variety of triband The tricolour is a specific type of triband. In a triband, the design is of three vertical, horizontal, or diagonal stripes, often formed - from an heraldic point of view - by the placement of a horizontal or vertical stripe (a bar or a fess, respectively), over a background. The triband may thus have two stripes of the same colour split by a stripe of a second colour (examples of this include the flags of Canada and Spain). The flag of Austria - a simple horizontal triband The flag of France - a simple vertical triband, and also a tricolour The flag of Canada - a vertical triband with uneven bands and a defacement The triband is one of the most common designs of flag, and is the design of some...
In a tricolour, the two outer stripes are of different colours, hence the name ("tri-colour" = three colours). Tricolours can thus be seen as a subset of tribands.
[edit] List of tricolours and tribands Below is a list with other tricolours organized by continent.
[edit] Africa
[edit] Tricolours from Africa Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Cameroon was adopted in its present form on May 20, 1975 after Cameroon was made a unitary state. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of the Republic of Chad is a vertical tricolor consisting (left to right) of a blue, a yellow and a red field. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Côte dIvoire features three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green. ...
National flag of Egypt (1984-present) The flag of Egypt in its current form was adopted on October 4, 1984. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The old flag, which was used from 1975 to 1987 and 1991 to 1996, and is still seen occasionally today. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 3:4 The flag of Gabon was adopted in 1960. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Ghana was adopted in 1957. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Gambia consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, blue and green. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Guinea was adopted on November 10, 1958. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The current flag of Lesotho, adopted on October 4, 2006, features a horizontal blue, white and green tricolour with a black Basotho hat (mokorotlo) in the centre. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Malawi was adopted on July 6, 1964. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Mali was adopted on March 1, 1961. ...
Flag ratio: 6:7 The flag of Niger was adopted in 1959. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The origins of the flag of Senegal lie in the former Mali Federation, whose flag was identical, spare for a stylized black silhouette in the central section. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Sierra Leone was officially hoisted on April 27, 1961. ...
[edit] Other tribands from Africa Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on October 1, 1960. ...
[edit] North and South America
[edit] Tricolours from North America and South America Civil flag and ensign, ratio: 15:22 State and war flag, ratio: 15:22 The current flag of Bolivia was originally adopted by Bolivia in 1851. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 Naval Ensign. ...
State flag and ensign, ratio: 1:2 Civil flag and ensign, ratio: 1:2 The flag of Ecuador was adopted on September 26, 1860. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador The flag of Newfoundland and Labrador was introduced in 1980, and was designed by Newfoundland artist Christopher Pratt. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white and red with the coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag of Paraguay (obverse). ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 7:11 The flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was adopted on October 21, 1985. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
New 8-star Flag of Venezuela Flag ratio: 2:3 New 8-star Flag of Venezuela Flag ratio: 2:3, civil/merchant variant Old 7-star Flag of Venezuela. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
[edit] Other tribands from North America and South America The flag has a 9:14 ratio The ornamental flag The national flag of Argentina dates from 1812. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Barbados was officially adopted on November 30, 1966, the islands first Independence Day. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Belize was adopted on September 21, 1981 upon independence from the United Kingdom. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The National Flag of Canada, popularly known as the Maple Leaf and lUnifolié (French for the one-leaved), is a base red flag with a white square in its centre featuring a stylized, 11-pointed, red maple leaf. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 189:335 The flag of El Salvador was adopted on September 27, 1972. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: (5:8) The flag of Guatemala is designed in two colors: sky blue and white. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 Flag ratio: 1:2 This flag of Honduras was adopted on January 9, 1866. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag of Nicaragua was adopted on August 27, 1971. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The flag of Peru was created by José de San MartÃn and adopted by the government of Peru in 1825. ...
[edit] Tricolours from Asia Afghanistans flag, from 2004 to Present. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Indian National Flag Flag ratio: 2:3 The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before Indias independence from the British on the 15 August, 1947. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Current flag of the Islamic republic of Iran, introduced in 1980. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The flag of Iraq has had four different designs since the estalishment of Iraq in 1921. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 Adopted in November 1992, the flag of Tajikistan was the last of the former Soviet republics to reveal a new flag. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 Old flag (1932-58, 1961-63) The flag of Syria was adopted in 1980. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Yemen was adopted on May 22, 1990, the same day that North Yemen and South Yemen unified. ...
[edit] Other tribands from Asia Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Cambodia () was readopted in 1993, after elections returned the monarchy to rule. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Laos was adopted on December 2, 1975. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Lebanon was adopted on December 7, 1943. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The Flag of Mongolia, 1:2 The current flag of Mongolia was adopted on February 12, 1992. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
[edit] Europe
[edit] Tricolours from Europe The flag of Andorra The national flag of Andorra was adopted in 1866. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The national flag of Armenia or the Armenian Tricolor consists of three horizontal bands, colored red, blue and orange. ...
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Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The state and war flag. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Bulgaria consists of three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red. ...
National flag. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 7:11 The national flag of Estonia features three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. ...
Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of France (Vexillological symbol: , known in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau bleu-blanc-rouge, drapeau français, rarely, le tricolore and, in military parlance, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. ...
The flag of Germany was adopted in its present form in 1919. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 Hungarian flag 1957-1989 Flag used during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The National Flag of Ireland (Irish: An Bhratach Náisiúnta), also known as the Irish tricolour, is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland. ...
National flag and state ensign. ...
National flag and civil ensign. ...
Flag ratio: 3:5 or 1:2 The flag of Luxembourg consists of three horizontal stripes, red, white and blue, and can be in 1:2 or 3:5 ratio. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Moldova (Moldavia) is a tricolor of blue (haist), yellow (centre) and red (fly) (ie. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of the Netherlands, with its three equal horizontal bands coloured red (top), white and blue is the oldest tricolour still in use today. ...
The national flag of Romania is a vertical tricolor of blue, yellow and red. ...
Flag of the Russian Federation. ...
The flag of Serbia is a tricolour with Pan-Slavic colors. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 When flown vertically the coat of arms is rotated. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The national flag of Slovenia features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Slovenian coat of arms located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
[edit] Other tribands from Europe Civil Flag Ratio: 2:3 State Flag Ratio: 2:3 The flag of Austria has three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The National Flag of Latvia was re-adopted on February 27, 1990. ...
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Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
[edit] Oceania (No tricolours.)
[edit] Other tribands from Oceania Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of French Polynesia was adopted in 1984. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Norfolk Island was adopted on October 21, 1980. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
[edit] Non-national
[edit] Non-national tricolours Flag of Iowa The flag of Iowa consists of three vertical stripes of blue, white, and red, reflecting Iowas history as part of the French Louisiana Territory. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag of Missouri The flag of Missouri consists of the state seal centered on horizontal red, white, and blue stripes. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Marcus Garvey (far right) in parade Marcus Mosiah Garvey, national hero of Jamaica, (August 17, 1887– June 10, 1940) was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black nationalist crusader, and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). ...
Queens University, generally referred to simply as Queens, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research-intensive university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ...
Mars flag While not official in any legal sense, the Mars tricolor has not only been approved by the Mars Society and The Planetary Society, it has also flown in space. ...
Mars Society logo. ...
Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ...
Capital Arnhem Queens Commissioner Clemens Cornielje Religion (1999) Protestant 31% Catholic 29% Area • Land • Water 4,975 km² (1st) 161 km² Population (2005) • Total • Density 1,970,865 (4th) 393/km² (6th) Inclusion {{{inclusion}}} Anthem Ons Gelderland ISO NL-GE Official website www. ...
[edit] Other non-national tribands Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andaluc a por s , para Espa a y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area - total - % of Spain Ranked 2nd 87 268 km 17,2% Population - Total (2003) - % of Spain - Density Ranked 1st 7 478 432 17,9% 85,70...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag of Colorado The flag of Colorado consists of three horizontal stripes of equal width; the top and bottom stripes are blue, and the middle stripe white. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, as well as small parts of Quebec and the American state of Maine. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
[edit] Former nations and former national flags
[edit] Tricolours of former nations and former national flags Flag of Upper Volta Flag Ratio: 2:3 The flag of Upper Volta is a horizontal tricolour of black, white and red which derive from the three main rivers: The Black Volta, White Volta and the Red Volta. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Command Standard of Francisco de Miranda, Mirandas Tricolour. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Newfoundland Tricolour is a popular but unofficial flag of Newfoundland and Labrador, or sometimes more specifically, of just the island of Newfoundland. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Serbia and Montenegro was adopted on April 27, 1992, as the flag of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 Old flag of Rwanda The new flag of Rwanda was adopted on October 25, 2001. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Chile consists of two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; there is a blue square the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end of the white band; the square bears a white five-pointed star in the...
The current national flag of Belarus was formally changed on June 7, 1995, following the result of a referendum voted on by the Belarusian people in the previous month. ...
The flag of Iraq has had four different designs since the estalishment of Iraq in 1921. ...
Defacement is a term used in heraldry and vexillology to refer to the addition of a symbol to a background. ...
The Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia (also called New France) was a micronation founded by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orelie-Antoine de Tounens in southern South America in the mid 19th century. ...
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Flag of the Second Spanish Republic This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
[edit] Other tribands of former nations and former national flags Flag of Rhodesia (1964-1968) Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979) The Flag of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) changed twice as a result of political changes in the country. ...
[edit] Confusion and profusion of meanings As can be seen in the list above, many tricolours and tribands have additional emblems in colours that are not necessarily those of the stripes. They are still, however, usually regarded by vexillologists as tricolours. Vexillology is the study of flags. ...
Some vexillologists go further still, and describe flags containing three fimbriated stripes as fimbriated tricolours. In this design, three broad stripes might be separated by two very thin stripes immediately above and below the central stripe. Flags of this type include the flags of Uzbekistan, Kenya, North Korea and Gambia. In heraldry and vexillology, fimbriation refers to small strips of colour placed around common charges or ordinaries in order for them to stand out from the background. ...
Vexillologists also occasionally describe flags of which the main element is three stripes as being "based on a tricolour (or triband) design". Flags such as the flag of the Bahamas and the flag of Palestine fall into this category. National flag. ...
Proportions 1:2 The Palestinian flag was originally designed by Sharif Hussein for the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916. ...
Finally, some vexillologists take the meaning of the term at its barest, and simply use it to describe any flag containing just three colours, irrespective of the design. Thus, the flags of the United States and the United Kingdom might be described as tricolours.
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The flag of Austria - a simple horizontal triband The flag of France - a simple vertical triband, and also a tricolour The flag of Canada - a vertical triband with uneven bands and a defacement The triband is one of the most common designs of flag, and is the design of some...
The Pan-Slavic colours, red, blue and white, are colours used on the flags of most Slavic states and peoples. ...
Red, black, and white, sometimes with green, are the Pan-Arab colors and have their origins in the flag of the Arab Revolt. ...
Two sets of three colours are referred to as the Pan-African colours. ...
Flag of Turkey Since the constitution of Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923 many newly independent countries in the 20th century, all of them with Turkic, Ottoman and/or Islamic roots and some inspired by the republican Kemalist way of government, adopted flags adorned with the...
This is a gallery of triband flags showing horizontal, vertical, and diagonal tricolor and bicolor tribands. ...
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