SUMMARY:
- Australia and New Zealand
have a lot in common, but their flags just look way too similar. Both of them
are essentially a blue field with Union Jack to represent their British
colonial past in the top inner corner.
- Flag of Monaco is using
the heraldic colors of the shield of Monegasque royal family arms. The flag of
Indonesia is a reminder of those times when it was associated with the
Majapahit Empire.
- Flag of Venezuela has
stripes equal in size, an arc of stars in the middle and the national coat of
arms in the upper hoist corner. The flag of Ecuador also features the national
coat of arms, except it’s right in the middle.
- Norway and Iceland have
derived their flag from their peer – Denmark. So both feature a white
Scandinavian cross and a color combination of red and blue.
- Flag of Luxembourg didn’t
stem from the Netherlands but developed on its own. The two banners differ in
the shades of blue and their ratio: 2:3 for Netherlands and 3:5 for Luxembourg.
- The flags of Egypt, Iraq,
Yemen are based on Arab Liberation Flag of 1952. They consisted of three equal
horizontal stripes of red, white and black.
- Flags of Bahrain and
Qatar are often mistaken for one another, but local people will assure you they
are completely different.
- The Russian tricolor
became the inspiration for flags of many countries in eastern and southern
Europe.
- Croatia and Paraguay have
a tricolor in the same order of colors as their national banner.
- It takes a real flag
expert to spot any differences between the flags or Romania and Chad. That
difference is in the slight variations of shades between the blue, yellow, and
red vertical stripe
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now many country flags can
you identify
without looking them up
well you most definitely
know this one
and this one but what about
these two
here when I say two I
really mean it
some countries have flags
so similar
they will give even a
geography fan a
hard time New Zealand and
Australia
let's start down under it's
understandable Australia
and New Zealand
have a lot in common but
their flags
just look way too similar
both of them
are essentially a blue
field with Union
Jack to represent their
British colonial
past in the top inner
corner this canvas
is called the British Blue
Ensign the
difference between the two
flags is in
the shades of the blues and
reds and the
Stars flag of New Zealand
has four of
them representing the
Southern Cross
constellation flag of
Australia has the
same constellation but
pictured in five
stars and an extra larger
star that is
called a Commonwealth or
Federation star
Indonesia and Monaco and
contrast to the
previous pair of countries
these two
have basically nothing that
brings them
together except for they're
almost
identical flags both are
hundreds of
years old and both are
essentially two
horizontal stripes in red
and white is
using the heralded colors
of the shield
of the Monegasque that's a
fancy way of
saying related to Monaco
royal family
arms the flag of Indonesia
is a reminder
of those times when it was
associated
with the much of a hit
Empire white and
red and it symbolizes
duality of nature
the only difference between
the two
flags is that Indonesian is
longer and
here comes a plot twist
if you turn any of these
two flags
upside down you'll see the
flag of
Poland with a white stripe
over a red
stripe
Venezuela Colombia Ecuador
in 1822 the
newly created country of
Gran Colombia
made its national flag a
canvas of three
unequal horizontal stripes
in yellow
blue and red and even
though that state
existed only for eight
years it's legacy
lives on in the flags of
Venezuela
Colombia and Ecuador that
have made the
basis for their individual
flags flag of
Venezuela has stripes equal
in size and
are curved stars in the
middle and the
national coat of arms in
the upper hoist
corner the flag of Ecuador
also features
the national coat of arms
except it's
right in the middle stripes
in the flags
of Colombia and Ecuador are
a different
width and yellow is the
largest of them
nicaragua and honduras both
of these
flags are based on the flag
of the
United Provinces of Central
America a
country that existed in the
19th century
Honduras adopted its
official flag in
1866 it has five stars
against the white
background of its central
horizontal
stripes they stand for five
original
Central American provinces
of Nicaragua
Honduras Guatemala Costa
Rica and El
Salvador it's interesting
that the flag
of Nicaragua has the same
symbolism
except it has five
volcanoes instead of
five stars the blue stripes
on both
flags stand for the
Caribbean Sea and
the Pacific Ocean Norway in
Iceland
both of these Nordic
countries have
derived their flag from the
appear
Denmark so both feature a
white
Scandinavian cross and a
color
combination of red and blue
red is the
dominant colour of the
Norwegian flag
and the cross is white
border the flag
of Iceland has way more
blue and a red
cross that's also white
border
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Luxembourg and Netherlands
the red white
and blue tricolor has been
the official
Dutch flag since mid 17th
century so
it's easily one of the
oldest flags in
the world that later
inspired other
famous tricolors such as
those of France
and Russia until that time
the upper
stripe used to be orange
the color of
Dutch royalty flag and
Luxembourg didn't
stem from its neighbor but
developed on
its own the two banners
differ in the
shades of blue and their
ratio to 3/4
Netherlands and 3/5 for
Luxembourg
Tunisia and Turkey the
Turkish flag as
we know it today with a
white star and a
crescent was adopted in the
19th century
and derived from the flag
of Ottoman
Empire back around the same
time Tunisia
was also part of the
Ottoman Empire but
it had some commercial
independence so
the ruler of the country
Nelson Bay ii
had a hard time picking a
flag that
would look like the Ottoman
one but not
to be identical he didn't
want his ships
to be confused with Ottoman
ships and be
attacked by countries they
had peace
treaties with so the modern
flag of
Tunisia has been around since
1827 and
looks very much like the
Turkish flag
Egypt Iraq Yemen all of
these countries
flags are based on the arab
liberation
flag of 1952 it consisted
of three
horizontal stripes of red
white and
black the red stands for
unity and blood
shred in the name of
revolution white
symbolizes a bright future
and black
stands for the dark past
the modern flag
of Yemen is basically the
hour of
liberation flag and the
flags of Egypt
and Iraq had their own
symbolism added
the Egyptian flag features
its national
emblem the eagle of Saladin
right in the
middle the current version
of the flag
of Iraq was adopted in 2008
where
changes were made to the
symbols in
green in the center of it
Bahrain and Qatar flags of
Bahrain and
Qatar are often mistaken
for one another
but local people will
assure you they
are completely different
first of all
the Bahraini flag is white
and red and
the flag of Qatar is white
and maroon
second the latter has nine
white points
that Qatar became the ninth
member of
the reconciled emirates of
the persian
gulf in 1916 the flag of
Bahrain has
five white points that
symbolized the
five pillars of Islam
Samoa and Taiwan the UN
proclaimed the
official flag of Samoa in
1949 it is a
red field that has a blue rectangle
in
the upper corner it
features the
Southern Cross
constellation with four
large stars and one smaller
star Taiwan
has the flag of the
Republic of China
for its national banner
it's also a red
field with blue in the
upper corner you
can also see a white disc
that stand for
the Sun with 12 triangles
or raised
around it in the blue field
slovenia
slovakia russia the russian
tricolour
inspired by the dutch flag
was used on
merchant ships and as a
national flag
since 1696 it was replaced
during the
soviet times and
reintroduced in 1991 in
the 1:2 ratio the Russian
tricolor
became the inspiration for
flags of many
countries in eastern and
southern Europe
the two big differences
between the
flags of Russia Slovakia
and Sylvania
are the length Russian flag
is shorter
and the fact that both
Slovakia and
Slovenia have their coat of
arms proudly
set in the middle of their
tricolors
Croatia and Paraguay it
seems like there
is hardly any connection
between these
two states geographically
so wide apart
yet they both have a
tricolour in the
same order of colors as
their national
banner Croatian flag also
has a shield
in the middle with a crown
made up of
five ancient coat of arms
of Croatia and
it's religions Dubrovnik
dome Atiyah
Austria and Slavonia the
flag of
Paraguay bears the colors
of the French
tricolour since many
historians believe
independence movements in
Latin America
were inspired by the French
Revolution
and since you already know
the French
flag is a variation of the
Dutch
tricolour they do have some
common
history with the Croatian
flag after all
one unique thing about the
flag of
Paraguay is that it's
double sided with
the national coat of arms
on the obverse
and the seal of Treasury on
the reverse
Ireland and India have you
ever noticed
the flags of islands in
India are of
exactly the same colors now
you have
your welcome in the case
with Ireland
the green widen are in
symbolize peace
between Roman Catholics and
the
Protestants everyone was
hoping for in
the 19th century when the
flag was
adopted white in this case
is the color
of truce as for the Indian
flag orange
in it stands for courage
and sacrifice
white for peace and truth
and green for
faith and chivalry there's
also a 24
spoke wheel in the middle
that's called
Ashoka Chakra
and now prepare to be
amazed there is no
other pair of flags in the
world that
looks this much alike
Romania and Chad
it takes a real flag expert
to spot any
differences between the
flags of Romania
and Chad the difference is
in the slight
variations of shades
between the blue
yellow and red vertical
stripes the two
flags of totally different
origins the
modern version of the
Romanian flag was
adopted in 1861 after a few
variations
to the previous versions
Chad got its
banner in 1960 when it had
received
independence from France in
the first
version there was a green
stripe but it
looked too much like the
flag of Mali so
they added a blue stripe
instead can you
think of any other flags
that look alike
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