Why are so many country's flags red, white, & blue?
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symbolism... white=purity, red=bravery or blood of the fallen, or rage/action, blue=valiance, bravery, peace
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Meaning of the flag\nIt's very difficult to explain the real meaning of a flag; there are legends, actual stories, and outright misinformation about the reason of certain colors or designs were put on national flags. Also individuals may have their own interpretation of their own national flag. Religious symbolism can also be expressed via color, such as the crescent moon which is a traditional Islamic symbol. \n\nHistorical facts:\n"Red has been prominent in Turkish flags for 700 years. The star and crescent are Muslim symbols, but also have a long pre-Islamic past in Asia Minor. The basic form of the national flag was apparently established in 1793 under Ottoman Sultan Selim III, when the green flags used by the navy were changed to red and a white crescent and multi-pointed star were added. The five-pointed star dates from approximately 1844. Except for the issuance of design specifications, no change was made when the Ottoman Empire became the Republic of Turkey and the Caliphate (religious authority) was terminated by Ataturk. Many traditions explain the star and crescent symbol. It is known that Diana (Artemis) was the patron goddess of Byzantium and that her symbol was a moon. In 330, the Emperor Constantine rededicated the city - which he called Constantinople (today's Istanbul) - to the Virgin Mary, whose star symbol was superimposed over the crescent. In 1453 Constantinople (Istanbul) was captured by the Ottoman Turks and renamed Istanbul, but its new rulers may have adopted the existing emblem for their own use"\n\nLegends:\n"A reflection of the moon occulting a star, appearing in pools of blood after the battle of Kosovo in 1448, the battle during which the Ottomans defeated the Christian forces and established the Ottoman Empire in Eastern Europe until the end of the 19th century, led to the adoption of the Turkish flag by Sultan Murad II according to one legend. Others refer to a dream of the first Ottoman Sultan in which a crescent and star appeared from his chest and expanded, presaging the dynasty's seizure of Constantinople (Istanbul). There are other legends explaining the flag."
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You can get one at House of Flags (www.hflags.com)\n\nThey have flags for every country in the world, as well as multiple sizes. \n\nEnjoy!
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Why not? Its just a flag. Piracy (On the seas, at least) is very rare, and I dobt common pirates use the flags.
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CHINA=RED\nITALY=GREEN\nENGLAND=BLUE\nAMERICA=WHITE\nSPAIN=WHITE\nFRANCE=BLUE\nJAPAN=RED\nGREECE=BLUE\nGERMANY=GREEN\nSOUTH AFRICA=ORANGE\nINDIA=ORANGE\nAUSTRALIA=BLUE
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The answer is this, I have taken it from a previous question which was the same:\n\nThe Italian national team wear blue because it is the colour of Savoia, the ruling house of Italy from 1861 to 1946. Until the end of the second world war, the Italian flag always had the Savoy coat of arms in the centre, and it was only after the family were overthrown,and the Italian Republic established in 1946, that the plain tricolor was adopted as the national flag
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The Italian national team wears blue because it is the color of\nSavoia, the ruling house of Italy from 1861 to 1946. Until the end of the second world war, the Italian flag always had the Savoy coat of arms in the center, and it was only after the family were overthrown,and the Italian Republic established in 1946, that the plain tricolor was adopted as the national flag.
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Good question. The Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles explains it well:\n\nThe Olympic rings are the official symbol of the Olympic Movement. There are five interlacing rings of the colors blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The rings are set upon a white background. \n\nBaron Pierre de Coubertin designed the Olympic emblem in 1913. In his words, "These five rings represent the five parts of the world won over to Olympism. . . This is a real international emblem."\n\nThe Olympic rings represent the union of the areas - the Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe and the meeting of athletes throughout the world at the Olympic Games. Contrary to a popular misconception, the colors themselves do not represent any single continent. The colors were chosen because at least one of these colors is found in the flag of every nation. \n\nThe original Olympic flag was made at the "Bon Marché" store in Paris. The flag is three meters long and two meters wide. It first flew over an Olympic stadium at the 1920 Antwerp Games. The original flag also carried the Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius," Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger."\n\nHope this helps!\nNewarview
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There are 13 stripes on the US flag, representing the original 13 colonies.\n\nHere's a link to a full explanation of the colors and construction of the US flag...
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Well, first of all, "flags" are one symbol that is used in just about every political system I can think of.  It is a 'banner' that represents a person's country and a symbol to which some countries have a "pledge of allegiance" to symbolize the alliance of its citizens.\n\nOther symbols, such as recognized leaders, are used on the currency, either paper or coin, in order to be commemorated during their daily use of the exchange of payment for goods.\n\nIndividual branches of goverment (such as the states in the US) have their own state flags, and on that note, birds, trees, etc. which are prominent in those regions are recognized as symbols of that particular state.
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The red respresents the blood shed in the stuggle for this nation.... the white represents the purity of the ideas that the founding fathers set forth and the blue represents the true faith and allegience that the sodliers and patriots had for the principles of freedom
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"What do the red, white, and blue of the flag represent?\n\nThe Continental Congress left no record to show why it chose the colors. However, in 1782, the Congress of the Confederation chose these same colors for the Great Seal of the United States and listed their meaning as follows: white to mean purity and innocence, red for valor and hardiness, and blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice. According to legend, George Washington interpreted the elements of the flag this way: the stars were taken from the sky, the red from the British colors, and the white stripes signified the secession from the home country. However, there is no official designation or meaning for the colors of the flag."\n\nhttp://www.ushistory.org/betsy/#faq
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I do not know that the colors stand for anything specifically...the flag is a combination of the flags of Scotland, England and Ireland (well, the northern part at least)\n\nThe blue is the field of the Scottish flag, with the white saltire (X) being the cross on Scotland's flag.  The white cross with a red cross imposed upon it is England's flag, and then the red saltire is the red cross of St. Patrick.
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From left to right, it is three vertical stripes, green, white and red.  The colors were originally an adaptation of the Flag of France, with green instead of blue. Some have tried to attribute some particular values to the colors, and a common interpretation is that green is for the plains and the hills, white for the snowy Alps, and red for the blood spilt in the Italian Independence wars. A more religious intepretation is that green represents hope, white represents faith and red represents charity.
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In the first attempt to create a democratic and unified Germany, leaders of the 1848 Revolution adopted the tricolor flag in the National Assembly or Frankfurt Parliament. \n\nThe flag was not actually used until 1918 when the German National Assembly of the democratic Weimar Republic adopted it officially. When Hitler came to power in 1933 he abolished the tricolor flag. \n\nIn 1950, the flag was reintroduced by the German Parliament as the official symbol for the Federal Republic of Germany.
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They are wore their national colors, not their national flag. National colors sometimes different from their national flag.\n\nFor Netherlands....their royal family is The House of "Orange", actually the colors of their flag once are orange-white-blue, changed to red to more visible at sea.\n\nItalian national color in all sports (except motorsports) is blue.\n\nThe colors of the German flag at World War I are black-white-red...white & black also the national colors of Prussia, who lead the unification of Germany in 1871.\n\nI don't know why the Japanese select blue as their national color in football.
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Coloring jerseys according to the nation's flag has always been a convention rather than the rule. Therefore, you will find a few countries here and there that come represented in colors that are nowhere on their flag. Actually I think for teams that have been out there very long there is history and tradition to it like Italy I guess.