List of flags by number of colors

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Flags of the world's nations vary in the number of colours, ranging from one colour to more than forty.^{[citation needed]}

One colour

Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)
Adamawa, Nigeria
Afghanistan (September 27, 1996 – October 26, 1997)
Ahmadnagar Sultanate (May 28, 1490 – 1636)
Akkalkot (1848–1947)
Aundh (1699–1948)
Aussa (1734–1936)
Ayutthaya (1680–1767)
Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1260)
Baroda (?–1874)
Basud, Camarines Norte
Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Bremen Soviet Republic (1918–1919)
Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1906)
Bundi (1342–1949)
Candelaria, Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171)
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (1918–1918)
France (1814-1830)
Gwalior (1731–1818)
Hammadid Dynasty (1014–1152)
Hotak Dynasty (1709–1738)
Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Indore (1732–1818)
Jammu and Kashmir (1846–1952)
Jhalawar (1838–1949)
Jhansi (1728–1858)
Karauli (1348–1948)
Kolhapur (1710–1949)
Korean People's Association in Manchuria (1929–1931)
Kurundvad Junior (1733–1948)
Kurundvad Senior (1733–1948)
Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic (1918)
Libya (1977–2011)
Maguindanao (1520–1905)
Maldives (1796–1903)
Maratha Empire (1674–1818)
Muscat and Oman (1856–1970)
Nagpur (1739–1853)
Principality of Najran (1633–1934)
Nitra, Slovakia
Nizari Ismaili state (1162–1256)
North Caucasian Soviet Republic (1918)
Oruro, Bolivia
Qutb Shahi (1518–1687)
Paracale, Camarines Norte
Rustamid Dynasty (777–909)
Sangli (1782–1948)
Slovak Soviet Republic (1919–1919)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)
Sokoto Caliphate
Zamfara, Nigeria
Zirid Dynasty (973–1146)
Crimean People's Republic

Two colours

Three colours

Four colours

Five colours

Six colours

Andorra
Croatia
Croatia (civil and state ensign)
Croatia (naval ensign)
Dominica
East New Britain
Fiji (civil ensign)
Fiji (government ensign)
Fiji (naval ensign)
Jalisco
Lviv Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast
Olympic Games
Paraguay
Portugal
Macau (1557–1999)
South Africa
South Australia
South Sudan
Tlaxcala
Victoria

Seven colours

Almaty
Colombia (naval ensign)
Connecticut
Cusco (Prior to 2021)
Presidential Flag of Eritrea
Fiji
Fiji (civil air ensign)
Haiti
Haiti (with multicolored emblem), 1964-1986
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Kentucky
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Minnesota
Northwest Territories
Pingtung County
Queensland
Smolensk Oblast
United States Virgin Islands

Eight colours

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Lists of flags

State-related

African derivative
Arab states
Christian
Civil flag
Country
Date of Adoption
Heads of state
Historical flags
- Former sovereign states
- Formerly independent
- Timeline
- By year
Islamic
State flag
State flags and ensigns
Sovereign
Special and fictional
Unrecognized

Mobile military	Armed Forces Army and Ground Forces Air Forces Air Forces Roundels Air Forces Fin Flashes Border and Coast Guard Forces Maritime Ministry of Defense Naval ensigns Naval Jack Police Flag
Mobile civilian	Civil air Civil and Merchant Navy Civil ensign Pilot boat flags and ensigns Yacht flags and ensigns

Other entities

Country subdivisions
Cities
- Capitals
Cultural
Dependent territories
Ethnic
International Organizations
Micronations
Olympics and the Paralympics
Political
Pride flags
Proposals
Religious

By design
(National, Gallery)

By elements

By shape

By nations

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Governorates Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya counties Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Antarctica	Adélie Land Argentine Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory British Antarctic Territory Chilean Antarctic Territory Peter I Island Queen Maud Land Ross Dependency
Asia	Afghanistan rebel Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong Macau Cyprus East Timor Egypt Georgia India states armed forces Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan prefectures municipalities Jordan Kazakhstan Korea North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines provinces Qatar Russia federal subjects Sakha Russian Navy Saudi Arabia Singapore Soviet Union republics Soviet Navy Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria states Austria-Hungary Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France regions Brittany Corsica Île-de-France Occitanie Pays de la Loire French Empire Georgia Germany states districts municipalities Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy regions provinces municipalities Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands royal standards provinces municipalities North Macedonia Norway Poland naval and maritime voivodeships Portugal personal standards municipalities Romania Russia federal subjects Sakha Russian Navy San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Soviet Union republics Soviet Navy Spain autonomous communities provinces Sweden Switzerland cantons municipalities Turkey Ukraine oblasts United Kingdom England Cornwall Northern Ireland Scotland Wales cities, towns and villages British Empire Vatican City/Holy See Yugoslavia
North America	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada lieutenant governors Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico states Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States states and territories counties and municipalities ensigns jacks armed forces Puerto Rico CSA
Oceania	Australia state governors Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau states Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Names in italics indicate non-sovereign (dependent) territories, disputed states and/or former countries.

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