Monochrome flags

Last modified: 2011-12-24 by rob raeside
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Black

• Bosniac Mujaheddins at Podbrezje (Corriere della Sera 23-JUL-1995)
  Giuseppe Bottasini 9 August 1995
• Must call in at pit, in motor racing
  Giuseppe Bottasini August 1995
• Anarchist groups, traditionally topped with a green knit cap representing liberty
  Steven A. Sharff, 11 January 1999

White

• Surrender
  Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
• Calm sea (on Italian beaches)
  Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
• Ambulance or other official vehicle on track, in motor racing
  Giuseppe Bottasini 11 August 1995
• Taliban Movement in Afghanistan
  Rob Raeside 07 March 1998
• French ensign of the Bourbon era
  Elias Granqvist, 08 July 2000
• In auto racing: last lap
  Steven F. Scharff, 12 June 2003
• Troops advancing under a flag of truce
  Steven F. Scharff, 12 June 2003
• Afghanistan 1996-1997
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005

Red

• Very rough sea (on Italian beaches)
  Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
• Qatar, one of the Gulf States
  James Dignan 10 August 1995
• Race must stop, in motor racing
  Giuseppe Bottasini 11 August 1995
• A swallowtailed red flag is part of international shipping code indicating that the ship flying it is carrying explosives.
  James Dignan 22 August 1995
• The Swiss canton of Schwyz used a plain red flag until about 1600. Since that time, it has used a red flag with a white cross in the canton.
  James Dignan 18 September 1995
• Zanzibar, pre 1963
  Stuart Notholt 29 June 1995
• used by Communist and Socialist groups
  Steven F. Scharff, 11 January 1999
• Sultanate of Muscat and Oman until 1970
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
• Thailand ca.1656-1782
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
• Fujairah 1902-1975
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
• Red flag as used in East Germany 1945-1990
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
• Captain General of a Military Region 1929-1930 (Spain)
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005

Yellow

• Rough sea (on Italian beaches)
  Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
• Quarantine purposes (the letter Q in the international shipping code
  James Dignan 10 August 1995
• Caution, danger ahead, in motor racing
  Giuseppe Bottasini 11 August 1995
• Mamluks Flag (historical flag, Lebanon)
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005

Green

• the color of the Fatimid dynasty in Libyan flag
  Nathan Augustine 09 August 1995
• Begin or resume race in auto racing
  Steven F. Scharff, 12 June 2003

Blue

• Let faster driver overtake, in motor racing
  Giuseppe Bottasini 11 August 1995
• flag of the Swedish Archipelago Fleet, 1761-1813
  Elias Granqvist, 08 July 2000
• Sanlúcar de Barrameda Maritime Province 1845-1894
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
• Military Governor 1929-1930 (Spain)
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005

Purple

• Jaén province (Spain)
  Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005