This is a gallery of flags arranged by design.

Contents 1 Solid 2 Bicolour 3 Tricolour and other tribands 4 Quartered 5 Stripes 6 Border 7 Canton 8 Shape 8.1 Circle or sphere 8.2 Crescent 8.3 Cross 8.4 Diamond 8.5 Spiral 8.6 Square 8.7 Star 8.8 Triangle or Triskelion 9 Living Organism 9.1 Animal 9.2 Person or Body Part 9.3 Plant 10 Object 10.1 Anchor, Boat, or Ship 10.2 Astronomical object 10.3 Building 10.4 Headgear 10.5 Flag 10.6 Hill, Mountain, or Rock 10.7 Map 10.8 Machine, Tool, or Instrument 10.9 Shield or Weapon 11 Inscription 12 External links

Solid

Three examples:

Flag of Libya

Flag of Japan (charged with a disc)

Flag of Rapa Nui (charged with a red Rei Miru, an Easter Island wood carving)

Bicolour

Examples:

Flag of Malta (vertical bicolour)	Flag of Tatarstan (fimbriated horizontal bicolour)	Flag of Algeria (charged vertical bicolour)	Flag of the Solomon Islands (charged fimbriated diagonal bicolour)
Flag of Galicia (bicolour with a diagonal stripe)

Tricolour and other tribands

Examples:

Flag of Austria (horizontal bicolour triband)	Flag of Canada (charged vertical bicolour triband)	Flag of The Gambia (fimbriated horizontal tricolour)	Flag of Italy (vertical tricolour triband)
Flag of Namibia (charged fimbriated diagonal tricolour)	Flag of Mexico (charged vertical tricolour triband)	Flag of the Netherlands (horizontal tricolour triband)	Flag of Ecuador (charged horizontal tricolour)

Quartered

Flag of Maryland, United States (orthogonal)

Flag of Panama (orthogonal)

Flag of Jamaica (diagonal)

Flag of Ceuta, Spain (gyronny)

Stripes

Four examples:

NATO signal flag turn (vertical stripes)

Flag of Catalonia - Spain (horizontal stripes)

Flag of South Africa (pall)

Flag of the Republic of Macedonia (rays)

Border

Four examples:

Flag of Grenada

Flag of Montenegro

Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Flag of Wyoming, United States

Canton

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

Three examples:

Earth flag

Flag of the European Union

Flag of Japan

Crescent

Five examples:

Flag of Turkey (crescent facing single star)

Flag of Azerbaijan (crescent facing single 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 stars)

Cross

Three examples:

Flag of Saint David (symmetric cross)

Flag of Denmark (Nordic cross)

Flag of Scotland (Saltire / St. Andrew's Cross)

Diamond

Four examples:

Flag of Amapá

Flag of Arkansas

Flag of the Republic of the Rif

Flag of Yokohama, Japan

Spiral

Maori Flag

Flag of Ottawa

Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture

Square

Four examples:

Flag of Switzerland (square flag)

ICS flag sierra (square in flag)

Flag of the Northwest Territories, Canada (Canadian pale)

The checkered flag

Star

Main article: Gallery of flags with stars on the Wikimedia Commons

Five examples:

Assyrian flag

Flag of Morocco (pentagram)

Flag of the Community of Madrid (white 5-pointed stars)

Flag of the Red Army of the Soviet Union (fimbriated red 5-pointed star)

Flag of Portland, Oregon (white 4-pointed star)

Triangle or Triskelion

Four examples:

Flag of the Czech Republic

Flag of Guyana

Flag of Salinas, Puerto Rico

Flag of Sicily

Living Organism

Animal

Four examples:

Flag of California, United States (grizzly bear)

Flag of Albania (double-headed eagle)

Flag of Wallonia, Belgium (rooster)

Flag of Sri Lanka (lion)

Person or Body Part

Flag of Corsica (head)

Flag of the Isle of Man (leg)

Flag of New Jersey (Liberty and Ceres)

Flag of Ulster (hand)

Plant

Flag of Quebec (fleur-de-lis)

Flag of Kalmykia (lotus)

Flag of the United Nations (olive branches)

Flag of Lebanon (cedar)

Object

Anchor, Boat, or Ship

Main article: Gallery of nautical flags on the Wikimedia Commons

Four examples:

File:Us-ak-an.jpg 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

Flag of Argentina (Sun of May)

Flag of Brazil (several constellations)

Flag of Bangladesh (Sun)

Flag of Laos (Moon)

Flag of Philippines (Sun)

Building

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

Four 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

South African Prinsevlag (1928–1994) (flags of the United Kingdom, Orange Free State, and Transvaal)

Flag of Georgia, USA (2001–2003) (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

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

Flag of Cyprus

Flag of Kosovo

Flag of Unified Korea

Flag of Sulawesi

Machine, Tool, or Instrument

Four 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

Four 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

Five examples:

Flag of Iran (Arabic)

Flag of Rwanda (before October 25, 2001, Latin)

Flag of Magway Division, Myanmar (Burmese)

Flag of Russian SFSR (before 1954, Cyrillic)

Flag of Saudi Arabia (Arabic)

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External links

• Keyword list at Flags of the World.