Browse Flags by Feature

National flags that feature one or more stars — the single most common emblem in vexillology.

Flags carrying a full national coat of arms — usually heavy with heraldic detail.

Three horizontal bands — the most common national flag pattern in the world.

The most common color combination in the world, used from the Netherlands and France to the United States.

From eagles to dragons, lions to birds-of-paradise — flags that put a creature front and center.

Flags built around a cross — the oldest continuously used emblem on European national flags.

Commonwealth and overseas territory flags that retain the British Union Jack in the canton.

Three vertical bands of color — a republican design language born of the French Revolution.

Suns of liberty, suns of May, and rising suns appear on flags across three continents.

Two-color flags using only red and white — a tradition that runs from medieval Europe to East Asia.

Green, yellow, and red — the colors of Ethiopia and Marcus Garvey, used across African independence movements.

The crescent and star is widely associated with Islam and the legacy of the Ottoman Empire.

The eagle is the most common heraldic animal in flag design — a symbol of empire, vigilance and sovereignty.

Black, white, green and red — the colors of the 1916 Arab Revolt, still flown across the Arab world.

Nordic countries and their territories share a distinctive offset cross flag pattern.

A constellation visible only from the southern hemisphere, used as a national emblem in the Pacific and South America.

From Italy to Mexico to the Pan-Arab world — a triad that recurs across very different histories.