In 1977 Libya broke free of the merger and became the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. A plain green flag, the only plain coloured flag in the world, was chosen to represent Gaddafi's political philosophy.
The country with the most colourful flag in the world is Belize with 12 colours – many of which make up the coat of arms that provide this relatively young flag (1981) with it's complexity. The Belize flag, like many others is steeped in political history and the prominent colours represent the political parties.
Purple is the rarest colour on national flags. In fact, of the 196 countries of the world, virtually none of them use purple on their national flag. However, a small number of nations have amended or changed their national flags over the years to feature very small portions of purple.
Jamaica's is one of only two current national flags that do not include the colours blue, white, or red (the other is Mauritania's).
Only Two National Flags Use the Color Purple
In fact, only two countries, Dominica and Nicaragua, have purple in their flag. This is because purple dye was very expensive in the past. Purple dye was made from collecting the mucus from thousands of sea snails.
"flag of the Netherlands".
There are 196 countries in the world today and virtually none of them have purple on their national flag.
The POW/MIA flag consists of a silhouette of a POW before a guard tower and barbed wire in white on a black field. "POW/MIA" appears above the silhouette and the words "YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN" appear below in white on the black field. The original design for the flag was created by Newt Heisley.
The answer is Sicily.
The flag depicts the head of Medusa and three ears of wheat. The three legs are said to represent the three points of the island, which is triangular in shape.
There are more than 230 countries in the vote for the most beautiful flag, and the flag of Serbia is currently number one.
Saudi Arabia is one of the major countries to have green as the dominant color on its flag. The country is dark green with an Arabic inscription and white on the flag. Finally, there is a sword on the flag as well.
You may be familiar with the rainbow-striped Pride flag. In recent years, this flag has been updated and expanded to represent the intersectional diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2-S) communities.
Denmark's national flag is the world's oldest and longest-running flag. In 1625, the current design of a white Scandinavian cross on a red background was established, and the square shape was adopted in 1748. The 'Dannebrog' or 'Danish cloth' is how it's known in Denmark.
The Flag of Brunei Darussalam
In fact, Brunei is the only country whose entire flag field is yellow, apart from Niue.
The "Eureka Flag"
This is a famous but unofficial Australian flag, that features a white vertical cross on a blue background five whsite, blue-margined, 8-pointed stars superimposed at the end of each arm of the cross and at the intersection of the arms, a stylized Southern Cross.
The flag featured the stars of the Southern Cross in white placed on a blue cross against a white background. In the canton was the Union Jack. The design was based on the New South Wales ensign of the 1830s, which was a popular local banner until the 1890s, when it was adopted as the Australian federation flag.
Any person may fly the Australian National Flag. However, the flag should be treated with the respect and dignity it deserves as the nation's most important national symbol. Flag protocol is based on longstanding international and national practice.
The real reason was that for thousands of years purple dye was far too expensive. It was possible the most expensive product available being worth more than gold, jewels, castles, ships, silk, spices, and silver.
The pink, white and green tricolour flag, or PWG, can be seen all around Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Croatian flag consists of three horizontal stripes in red, white and blue. The coat of arms of Croatia is positioned at the centre of the flag.
Black-red-gold is the official flag of the Federal Republic of Germany. As an official symbol of the constitutional order, it is protected against defamation.
There are 254 different flags in the world, covering all countries and dependent territories (including the United Kingdom and Kosovo). If that's too many for you, the flags of the U.N.