The Costa Rican flag features five horizontal stripes. The red stripe in the center is ... a red field with a blue cross outlined in white, with the vertical part of the cross shifted towards ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Colorado’s “purple mountain majesties” didn’t make the cut, apparently. But here’s why red, white, blue and gold did.

The Nigerian flag, known for its simple green-white-green design, features three vertical stripes ... with a red star and crescent in the center. The green stripe symbolizes the beauty of Algeria ...

Red and white became the official colours of Poland as late as in 1919. The appearance of the Polish flag was inscribed in the law about the coats of arms and colours of the Polish Second Republic.