List of flags by number of colors explained

Flags of the world's nations vary in the number of colours, ranging from one colour to more than forty.

One colour

• (750–1258)
  • (September 27, 1996 – October 26, 1997)
• (May 28, 1490 – 1636)
• (1848–1947)
• (1699–1948)
• (1734–1936)
• (1680–1767)
• (1171–1260)
• (?–1874)
  • (1919)
• (1918–1919)
• (1368–1906)
• (1342–1949)
  • • (909–1171)
• (1918–1918)
• (1814–1830)
• (1731–1818)
• (1014–1152)
• (1709–1738)
• (1919)
• (1732–1818)
• (1846–1952)
• (1838–1949)
• (1728–1858)
• (1348–1948)
• (1710–1949)
• (1929–1931)
• (1733–1948)
• (1733–1948)
• (1918)
• (1977–2011)
• (1520–1905)
• (1796–1903)
• (1674–1818)
• (1856–1970)
• (1739–1853)
• (1633–1934)
  • (1162–1256)
• (1918)
  • (1518–1687)
  • (777–909)
• (1782–1948)
• (1919–1919)
• (1977–2011)
  • • (973–1146)

Two colours

• • • • • • • • • ^{[1] [2]}
  • ^[3]
  • (civil ensign)
    • • • • • • • (civil flag and ensign)
        • ^{[4] [5] [6]}
  • ^{[7] [8] [9]}
    • • (civil ensign)
        • • (12th century-1918)
          • ^[10]
• ^[11]
  • • • (army flag)
  • ^{[12] [13]}
• ^[14]
  • • • • ^{[15] [16]}
• (state flag and ensign)
• (naval ensign)
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (civil flag and ensign)
      • (civil flag and ensign)
      • (naval ensign)
        • • • • • (naval ensign and flag of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)
                  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ^{[17] [18]}
                • (merchant flag)
        • ^{[19] [20]}
          • • • ^{[21] [22]}
    • ^[23]
      • (variant without coat of arms)
    • ^[24]
      • • • • • • (naval ensign)
    • ^[25]
      • • • • ^[26]
• ^[27]
• ^[28]

Three colours

See also: Triband (flag).

• • • • • • • • (naval ensign)
    • ^[29]
• ^{[30] [31]}
  • ^{[32] [33]}
    • ^{[34] [35] [36]}
• (civil ensign)
• (naval ensign)
  • • • • (naval ensign)
• (Air ensign)
  • ^{[37] [38]}
  • ^{[39] [40]}
    • • ^[41]
  • (civil flag and ensign)
• (state ensign)
  • ^{[42] [43]}
    • • • • ^{[44] [45]}
• ^{[46] [47]}
  • ^[48]
    • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (civil flag and ensign)
                      • (civil ensign)
                • (civil and naval ensign)
  • (naval ensign)
    • (1871–1918)
    • (1707–1801)
      • • • • (state flag)
  • ^[49]
    • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (1919–1925)
                                          • • • • • (2001–2020)
              • (Oldest tricolor)
                • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (civil flag)
                    • (Taiwan)
                • Transgender Pride flag
            • (naval ensign)
• (government ensign)
• (civil ensign)

Four colours

• • • (2013–2021)^[50]
  • (naval ensign)
    • • • ^[51]
  • ^[52]
  • (air force ensign)
    • • • • • (army flag)
• (naval ensign)
• (air force ensign)
  • • ^[53]
  • ^[54]
    • • • • • ^[55]
          • (civil ensign)
    • ^[56]
    • ^{[57] [58]}
• ^{[59] [60]}
  • (naval ensign)
• ^[61]
  • (1958–1959)
    • • • (civil ensign)
    • (naval ensign)
      • ^[62]
• ^[63]
• (1968–2003)
• ^[64]
  • • ^{[65] [66]}
      • • ^{[67] [68] [69]}
    • ^[70]
• (1951–1969 and from 2011)
  • • • • • ^[71]
• ^[72]
  • • • • ^[73]
    • ^[74]
      • • ^[75]
• ^[76]
  • • ^[77]
      • • • (1797–1879)
          • ^{[78] [79]}
    • ^[80]
      • ^{[81] [82]}
  • ^[83]
  • ^[84]
• ^{[85] [86]}
• ^[87]
• ^{[88] [89] [90]}
  • ^{[91] [92]}
    • ^{[93] [94]}
      • • • ^{[95] [96]}
  • ^{[97] [98]} (civil flag)
    • (1971–1997)
  • ^[99]

Five colours

• • • • • (civil ensign)
• (naval ensign)
  • (naval ensign)
    • • • • • • • • • • (air force ensign)
      • (state flag and ensign)
• (war flag and naval ensign)
  • • • • Jamaica (1655–1962)
          • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (1912–1928)
• (1841–1997)
  • • (1593–1611)

Six colours

• • • (civil and state ensign)
• (naval ensign)
  • • (civil ensign)
• (government ensign)
• (naval ensign)
  • • • • • • (1557–1999)

Seven colours

• • (naval ensign)
    • • • • • (with multicolored emblem), 1964–1986
      • (1983–2024)

Eight colours

• • (unofficial flag)
• (state flag)

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