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Flags
The histories, meanings, and descriptions of the flags of the Countries of the World and the etiquette of using them.
6,955 Questions
In every flag in the world at least one of the five colors appear what are the five colors?
Red,White,Black,Blue and Yellow
What color represent for clockwise in potentiometer?
There is no color code for potentiometers as it is variable.
When was the french flag adopted?
The blue and red of the flag have been the colours of Paris since 1358 when they were used by the followers of Etienne Marcel, then leader of a Parisian revolt against the King of France and the Dauphin. In 1794, the Convention officially adopted the tricolour, the Commander of the Guard, Lafayette, having reputedly added the royal white between the blue and the red.[1]
What does the commonwealth star represent?
The Commonwealth star, or Federation star is a seven-pointed star unique to Australia. There is one point for each of the six states of Australia, and the seventh point represents all of Australia's mainland and offshore territories.
Where on US soil is the only place a flag may be hung above the Stars and Stripes?
According to the US Flag Code the only flag that may be flown above the US Flag is a religious flag an on US Navy Vessel while a Navy Chaplain is conducting services.
How do you dress a ship with flags and on what occasions would you do it?
Dress Ship, To. To array or rig out a vessel with flags and pennants in honor of a person or event. Formerly, such display was often carried to the extreme "rainbow fashion" of running a line of bunting from waters edge to jib-boom end, thence to fore, main, and mizzeen trucks down to spanker boom, and over the stern to water; also, on special gala occasions flags were displayed in vertical line between each yard-arm, in addition to the rainbow dress. Today, a single vertical line of International Code flags at each mast, with national colors aft, house flag at maintruck, and jack at the fore commonly constitutes dressing ship in the merchant service; rainbow dress, however, often is seen, especially in naval vessels, and now amounts to a display above deck on a line from stem to stern via the mastheads. Ref: Enclopidia of Nautical Knowledge, Cornell maritime Press, Copyright 1953, 1992 ed. page 141 I don't know if the customs have changed, but in the 1970s we "dressed ship" with the rainbow whenever we were anchored in a foreign port.
Why does the Olympic Sign have 5 rings?
It represents the five continents which participate in the Olympic games. The colours represent the colours which are found most commonly on world flags. All the countries in the world have at least one of the colours represented by the rings on their flag.
In number order what was Kansas adopted on the us flag?
Kansas became the thirty-fourth state adopted to the Union on January 29, 1861. Customarily, a new United States flag is adopted on the July 4 of the year in which a new state is adopted into the Union - and thus Kansas "became" the thirty-fourth star on the flag on July 4, 1861.
What did the colonial flag look like?
These were probably the three most used flags in colonial America.
1: The "Union Jack". It was identical to the UK's current flag, but the X behind the cross in the union Jack had no red stripes.
2: The Red Ensign. It had the Union Jack in the canton (like the American flag's white stars) and the rest was red.
3: The Continental Colors. It was identical to the American flag, but where the stars are today there was a Union Jack.
What does the bird on the mexican flag symbolize?
There's a story about that.
The Aztecs (or "Mexicas", in the Aztec language) came from the North of what is Mexico, they were nomadic, and when trying to find which place to settle in, the God of War Huitzilopochtli appeared to them in a dream/vision and told them to settle in a place where they would find an eagle eating a snake on top of a nopal (similar to a cactus).
They travelled and travelled looking for this sign. Eventually, they found it in what would now become Mexico City. That symbol was then later put in the flag.
What is the length of the world's largest American super flag?
it is about 10000km long and 200000000km wide.
What do the colors in sin city represent?
I believe that red represents power. Bruce Willis at the beginning does not bleed red as at that time he is dying and not in any powerful position. Although later when he is protecting Jessica Alba (Nancy) he bleeds red, he is powerful. Also (Marv) bleeds red constantly as he is always in a position of power. When (Lucielle) is in (Kevin's) basement she is not red, although when she knocks out (Marv) and tries to turn him over to the police she is red. (Kevin) bleeds red as he is powerful in the fact he is fast and quiet a "natural born killer" When (Mio) kills (Iron Jack) his blood is not red on him but when it splashes onto her face it IS red, aka she is powerfull. Some of the police bleed red as there is power in numbers. The girls with red lips and dresses (Golidie) and the woman at the beginning are red because they have power over men with their sexual appeal.
The colour blue represents corruption, (Mio's) shirt is blue as she kills a police man, Alexis Bledel's eyes a blue as she turns on her friends and puts them in danger.
The colour gold means danger, it is the colour of the fire, the evil dangerous man's eye, the colour of the peophile etc
The colour green is that of envy. or the "green eyed monster"
What do the black marks on the South Korean flag mean?
Top Left: Geon - means "justice"
Top Right: Gam - means "wisdom"
Bottom Left: Ri - means "fruition"
Bottom Right: Gon - means "vitality"
The four symbols also represent "father, mother, son, daughter", "summer, winter, spring, summer", "North, east, south, west", and "heaven, fire, water, earth".
How does Alaska's state flag look like?
The"Big Dipper" stars and the "north star" patterns are displayed on a blue background. All the stars are gold color.
Which flag should be larger the Texas flag or the American flag?
According to the US Flag Code, the US Flag should be larger in size and (if flying on the same pole), at the top of the pole. If flying the American flag with a state flag, the American flag needs to be on a taller pole than the state flag and displayed on the flag's right side. If flying them on poles of equal size, then flying the American flag on the flag's right side is correct.
The Union Jack.
On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (also representing Wales by implication), (a red cross with a white background, known as St. George's Cross), and the flag of Scotland (a white saltire with a blue background, known as the Saltire or St. Andrew's Cross), would be "joined together according to the forme made by our heralds, and sent by Us to our Admerall to be published to our Subjects."[3] forming the flag of Great Britain and first union flag.
What was the flag of Portugal in the 1400's?
There were actually three different flags in that century. Check this page for an image of each one of them (and a description in Portuguese):
http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/terravista/Guincho/1421/bandeira/pt_hist.htm
Which countries flag is blue and yellow in the European union?
Sweden. It is a blue flag with a yellow cross.
