Bicolor Flags

11 flags in the bicolor design class, listed alphabetically.

Austria

BicolorEuropeAdopted 1945

One of the oldest designs in heraldry, the red and white bands are said to come from the blood soaked tunic of Duke Leopold V at...

Bahrain

BicolorAsiaAdopted 2002

The white and red banner with five white notches was standardized in 2002. The red recalls the banners of the Kharijite tradition...

Indonesia

BicolorAsiaAdopted 1945

Known as Sang Saka Merah Putih, the red over white bicolour descends from the banners of the 13th century Majapahit era. It is...

Latvia

BicolorEuropeAdopted 1990

The carmine red and white bands, in the proportion two to one to two, use a dark shade known as Latvian red. Officially adopted...

Madagascar

BicolorAfricaAdopted 1958

A vertical white panel joins two horizontal bands of red and green, the colors of the Hova people and the kingdoms of the...

Malta

BicolorEuropeAdopted 1964

The white and red vertical bicolour of the knights carries the George Cross in the upper hoist, awarded to the whole island in...

Monaco

BicolorEuropeAdopted 1881

The red over white bicolour of the Grimaldi house dates to 1297 and was fixed in 1881. Its colors are identical to those of...

Peru

BicolorSouth AmericaAdopted 1950

Red and white bands recall the banner of the liberator Jose de San Martin, said to have been inspired by flamingos rising from a...

Poland

BicolorEuropeAdopted 1919

The white eagle on red of the Piast arms gave the country its bicolour, among the oldest in Europe with origins in the 13th...

Qatar

BicolorAsiaAdopted 1971

Nine white points divide a white band from the broad maroon field, the deep purple red of the traditional shellfish dye of the...

Ukraine

BicolorEuropeAdopted 1992

The blue and yellow bicolour, traced to the arms of the medieval principality of Galicia, was raised by the republic of 1918 and...