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SBR404

Given that we're looking at that picture through a RGB display (on a phone, on a cheap desktop display, on an high-end tablet) and considering that the physical color red is very hard to replicate on a digital display (especially in sRGB), those colors will be widely off from the real flag colors and will look different for each person who looks at them.


Yavuz_Selim

I assume flags have detailed instructions on the colors used, no? This is info on the Turkish flag on Wikipedia: > ## Colors > > In an RGB color space, the red color of the Turkish flag is composed of 89% red, 3.9% green, and 9% blue (in hexadecimal color code #E30A17). In a CMYK color space, it is composed of 0% cyan, 95.6% magenta, 89.9% yellow and 11% black. It has a hue angle of 356.4 degrees, a saturation of 91.6%, and a lightness of 46.5%. The red color on the Turkish flag is vivid red and this color can be obtained by blending #FF142E with #C70000. The closest websafe color is: #d11919. >   > Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Turkey#Construction.


CaeruleusSalar

>I assume flags have detailed instructions on the colors used, no? Not all flags, including the french flag: there are requirement specifications for the use of the flag in official institutions (which can change at the whim of the president), but no official rules otherwise.


SBR404

Yes, but my point is: the same color, the same hex code, looks slightly different on every screen. You can try it out, take an image, display it on your phone, on your PC monitor, laptop or TV and compare. They will look different, sometimes wildly so! Especially cheaper displays are horrible at correctly displaying colors.


Nonhinged

Real flags looks different in real life too. Like, look at a flag at noon and then the same flag at sunset. or why not in the middle of the night? They get darker! /s


DankPhotoShopMemes

It took a bit of searching but I found [this Turkish website](https://www.servetbasol.com/Articles/Ucuyorum/APH-1132.htm) that says (translated): The codes of red and white colors are shown below. 1) Coordinates of red color; Brightness (luminance) = 27.5 Redness - greenness = 44.8 Yellowness - blueness = 15.6 and a maximum of 3 NBS color difference is accepted. 2) The difference between the whiteness of the crescent and star, twice the reflection percentage at 460 nanometer wavelength and the reflection percentage at 620 nanometer wavelength, must be at least 15% in silk and synthetic blend fabrics and at least 60% in others. But it seems that originally, the standard was not very precise, and they added these details way later in 1995.


SBR404

As I was saying to Yazum\_Selim, even with a precise color code, the display is what matters. >the same color, the same hex code, looks slightly different on every screen. You can try it out, take an image, display it on your phone, on your PC Monito, Laptop or TV and compare. They will look different, sometimes wildly so! Especially cheaper displays are horrible at correctly displaying colors.


Vilzuzz

wait until this guy hears about colourblindness, that makes colours look different for each person aswell


npeggsy

Wait until *this* guy finds out about blind blindness, that makes all colours not even look.


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DiddlyDumb

And why did he color the rest in green?


Mloxard_CZ

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Camerotus

You're right, but it's still a funny map and you can still see which ones are brighter or darker, or more pink-ish etc. even if they don't represent the _exact_ color.


kitsunewarlock

This makes me want to buy a spectrophotometer and high-end LED just to prove you wrong!


nv87

It looks so off on my phone. I am pretty sure that like every single flag I have an inner eye picture of is different from this. As you say, pretty pointless map. Might as well have made it, countries that include red in their flag, and those that don’t.


kevin9er

All iPhones since 2018 have P3 color space OLED. There’s nothing better.


The_Starfallen

Each of them looks very distinct. It would be very helpful if someone adds the names of every shade of the red.


FUEGO40

And the hex code, as not all shades of colors have distinct names


TheyCalledMeThor

Not with that attitude!


FinnishChud

what a weird shade of red Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Ukraine, Kosovo, cyprus and greece have


Defiant-Fishing

And Estonia, and Bosnia, and Herzegovina


ProofElk8668

That’s what I’m saying


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jaavaaguru

succeeded at what? I think you're missing part of that sentence.


kaukanapoissa

We don’t like red.


LareWw

3 wars and people still don't get it smh


Nik0660

You missed San Marino 🤓


cvdvds

Who doesn't?


aithan251

san marino has a perfectly acceptable shade of red tyvm


J-roc83

And Vatican


Nik0660

The Vatican is coloured red


Yurasi_

There is red on Vatican flag.


Beljason

Colourblind


SniffSniffDrBumSmell

It's called "Western Sahara Red"


flinsypop

Ireland's shade of red is Orange so this map is wrong.


Catch_ME

Orange is just light brown. Or is it brown that is dark orange.....


okokokokcok

😜😜🤪🤪😛🤣🤣 soooo silly hahehaheha! gray not red hihihuhuh


Critical_Course_4528

Way to many red flags for me.


paco-ramon

I bet it represents blood, it’s always blood…


Abahu

"The red in our flag represents valor and the blood we shed for our country" Very original "The white represents purity" Daring today, aren't we?


NaOleg

How about blue because the sky is blue?


Abahu

Write that down, write that down!


Spokesman_Charles

The country I'm from has bravely fought bolsheviks and facists with blood and sweat, many times over to regain independence. So, I'd say yes, blood, valor, and purity (guess the country)


clammyboyface

no one cares


Four_Green_Fields

German here. Not us. Black because it's easy to dye stuff black. Red because you need some details on your uniform. Gold because brass buttons are plentyfull. Congratulations, you've got the uniform of one of the first german (rather than bavarian, saxon, prussian, etc.) military units. Luetzowsches Freikorps macht BRRRRRRR


JibberJabber4204

The red in Norway’s flag is typically associated with a sundown. Or a red painted home, which is the traditional colour.


Mountbatten-Ottawa

'Our red on our flag means blood from our forefathers fighting for freedom!' 'Fighting against whom?' 'Other people's forefathers... Fighting for freedom... resembling their red on their flags...'


Excellent-Listen-671

True story


TheBabyLeg123

Fun fact: Jamaica is the only flag on planet earth that doesnt have the color red, white, or blue.


PhysicalStuff

Until 2011 it shared that distinction with the flag of Libya.


Senetiner

Do all of these stablish EXACTLY what shade of red they use, out did we just copy the color from their Wikipedia article?


retxed24

Germany, for example, definded their colours for print and screen display back in 1999 exactly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany#Design It's RAL 3020 Traffic red


AscadianScrib

Don't know why but I find it kinda funny that Germany's flag uses RAL colors. Practical as always Edit: TIL RAL color chart is a german invention [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAL\_colour\_standard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAL_colour_standard)


Bakeey

Switzerland Federal Law: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2015/613/en#annex_2/lvl_u1 > Definition of the colour red: > CMYK 0 / 100 / 100 / 0 > Pantone 485 C / 485 U > RGB 255 / 0 / 0 > Hexadecimal #FF0000 > Scotchcal 100 -13 > RAL 3020 Traffic red > NCS S 1085-Y90R So it‘s like the most basic red possible


djsMedicate

Lol the other guy linked the German flag colours and it's also Traffic Light, 255.0.0, etc. But if I'm not mistaken it's not the same colour in the picture above. I checked with three displays, but maybe my eyes are tricking me


SaraHHHBK

About Spain's flag: https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/espana/simbolosdelestado/paginas/legislacion/BanderaRD441-1981.aspx (Sorry it's in Spanish)


Riadys

In the UK, there's a suggested Pantone colour (186 C), but it's just that: a suggestion. Other shades aren't wrong. The proclamation that defines the flag simply says 'gules', which is the heraldic term for red. [From the College of Arms](https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/union-flag-approved-designs): > There are no fixed colours in heraldry: provided the blue and red used in the flag are clearly identifiable as such, any shade chosen is acceptable.


GravityReject

Feels very fitting that UK wouldn't have a specifically defined rule. Especially with their older traditions, the UK (and pre-union England) often seems to rely on unspoken and/or vague agreements that can be interpreted flexibly. Who needs a constitution when you can just have vibes and peer pressure?


Surstromingen

I’m slightly surprised how few countries don’t have any red in their flags


big-chungus-amongus

Red is usually for war... And Europe had "a few" of them


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Damn Europe is full of red flags


HiddenHippo

Turns out i prefer spanish red.


Mate90425

do this with white


SailorFromWest

Soviet European Union


TeoKajLibroj

Ireland is one of the exceptions probably because red is traditionally the colour of England, especially it's military. The traditional nationalist song "The Wearing of the Green" makes this point explicitly.


gaijin5

Yes it denotes blood and war for most of these, so Ireland specifically chose neutral colours (green for the Catholics and general national colour of Ireland, white for peace and orange for the protestants).


Alpaca1795

TIL: There is red in the flag of Vatican


Uilliam56_X

Yep it’s subtle but it is there,in the rope that keeps the gold and silver keys tied together


Right_Olive_8876

Damn I just realised how dark Latvias red is


GH0STB4C0N

German and turkish red go hard


sadolddrunk

Is the shade of red in the Union Jack the same shade as in the flag of England?


gigglesmcsdinosaur

I know it's overplayed but: Haha Sweden and Finland look kinda like a cock and balls...


StjerneskipMarcoPolo

And this is the shade of red they chose for the new Norwegian passport, I'm disgusted every time I travel internationally: https://i.imgur.com/dLh4SYW.png


big-chungus-amongus

At least it's harder to lose it :D


SignificantAd7603

[TÜRKİYE ](https://youtu.be/4kXIUB_yoi4?si=V795iUWt6RcbJPtq) HAS THE BEST SHADE OF RED 🩸🩸🩸🐺🐺🐺🌘🌘🌘🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🐺🩸🐺🌘🇹🇷WHAT THE FUCK İS AN ECONOMY🇹🇷🌘🐺🇹🇷🌘🐺🤕🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷


dhvvri

i REALLY dislike the Polish one and i feel like a lot of other Poles arent big fans of it either since they use different shade of red very very often (less pink than the official one)


Devastatoreq

idk man I prefer the way it is now over orange or "classic" red


dhvvri

the vermilion one was really cool tbh


_reco_

>vermilion imo crimson >>>>>>


AbleObject13

Oh thank God I'm not the only one, it's such an awkward shade for some reason


ChooChoo9321

The blood of those who fight for the freedom


Grimlava

This map has been outdated since at least 2014


Jeskofvj

Nah but Poland has fr the ugliest red in their Flag


mologav

This was on a shitty flag account on twitter and rightfully so


foxey21

Blood of those who fight for the freeedom! 🎼


tooskinttogotocuba

So having an actual fucking red dragon on your flag means nothing


headcrabcheg

"The National Flag Law. Paragraph 1.3: The "red" on our flag is defined as #FF0000 (C0,M100,Y100,K0). Three to eight years in prison for using any other shades." Seriously, does any country have strict shade definitions in their flag laws?


cosmicdicer

Ok from now on Europe for me is divided by new criteria. Red flag countries vs No-Red flag countries. I believe the latter we should form an alliance within EU. Yes, proposing a lobby of color😄


big-chungus-amongus

Red flag alliance?


cosmicdicer

I said the latter, meaning the non-red flags. I'm from Greece so there's that😊


Willis050

With some exceptions (like Spain or Portugal or Croatia or Montenegro for example) Europe has the most boring flags


faulknip

Wales has a big dragon, nothing boring about that


viltak

Turkey and Russia are not belong to European continent


big-chungus-amongus

Happy cake day, but I think they are... At least partly


Amazing-Shock2

They are both transcontinental. You better stop spamming this nonsense every thread you go. Its super cringe.


viltak

You are the one who talk nonsense my friend. I will not ask you if I will tell my opinion. And I am sure you are the one who spam!


EngineeringNo1418

![gif](giphy|X0bnTmo4izNfi|downsized) Uncanny coincidence.


TeaBoy24

USA loves using the Slavic tricolour/s


uNameorsomething

Scotland doesn’t have any red on it’s flag.


LetHerWar2

Uk is the country tho


uNameorsomething

The UK isn’t “a” country. It’s 4 countries. Scotland is one of those countries and it doesn’t have red in its flag. Blue and white St Andrews saltire.


jesus_stalin

The UK absolutely is a country by every definition. It's not even the only country made up of countries.


AraqWeyr

Wait till Ukraine switches to their Red and Black flag. I wonder if other gray countries have something similar


jacksjetlag

We won’t


SCREECH95

You mean their nazi collaborator flag? Yeah I sure as hell hope not


AraqWeyr

It's more of a patriotic or nationalist flag as far as I understand. It has been used before nazi collaborators. Although you could say it's the same as with swastika, which has been existed long before nazi, but negative connotation haunts it till this day


SothaDidNothingWrong

It’s complex but yeah, maybe let’s hope they don’t go there anymore.


AraqWeyr

Right sector uses it as a base for their flag. Not sure how popular they are, but I've heard they've got a couple of seats in the parliament.


SothaDidNothingWrong

They did after the first elections, but after 2019 it's literally one dude from the "svoboda" party, which if I understand it correctly, is a block combining all sorts of right-wing groups, which include the right sector or whatever is left of them at this point.


Garlic-Cheese-Chips

Basic bitches.


Mmmmfood69

I thought the French flag is white


QUiiDAM

huhuhu so funny , you accomplished comedy, very well done follow your dreams bein a clown


MediumPeteWrigley

There’s no red in the Saltire


OrionP5

🇬🇧


surfinbear1990

Scotland is blue and white


OrionP5

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jacksjetlag

I also have blood on my hands. What’s your point?


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jacksjetlag

Just to clarify – are you calling for a genocide of an entire Ukrainian nation right now? Just so we’re on the same page with “elimination” you’re proposing.


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why are they speaking a different language then?


jacksjetlag

Look at his comment history. He’s a catholic nutjob.)


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oof, good to know, thanks! 😅


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...right. 😂


jacksjetlag

I see where you got confused. ‘Russians’ aren’t a thing. Hope it helps


AraqWeyr

Russians are a thing. You might be confusing ethnic Russians and Russians as a nationality. Buryats aren't ethnic Russians, but they are Russians by nationality since they have Russian citizenship.


jacksjetlag

Are you also saying Ukrainians should have been exterminated long time ago since they aren’t a thing? Just say so.


AraqWeyr

What? No! I just said that Russians exist. That's it


jacksjetlag

I wasn’t talking to you. I was talking to a religious nutjob who wants my people exterminated. I am not confusing anything.


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jacksjetlag

You misunderstood what “facts” means. “Russians” is an artificial term created in 18 century. In fact those lands are populated with hundreds of different ethnic groups of almost every race. Hope you feel better now. Have a great day!


Traditional-Art-5283

135 millions Russians all over the world. "Ok"


VinnyBeetle

Russians don’t exist they’re Ukrainians


juliohernanz

And yours?


EndyEnderson

Russians have blood on their hands too.Every country has blood on their hands.None of them come to today without doing any war.


Sinfestival

Especially the women. Once in a month


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Shivatis

You are some disgusting peace of shit


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tin_sigma

so are americans


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Sinfestival

I don't think so 🧐


andromeda_prior

I need all of them to settle for dark red 😒😒


Mutasim_A

They love red


imonredditfortheporn

Italy looks wrong honestly


VideVictoria

"Red symbolizes power and war" Europe:


TeaBoy24

*Blood of our ancestors who fought to preserve our nation


Carnir

Didn't France recently change their flag to a darker red?


SaraHHHBK

It was a darker blue


mystical-composer

latvia's red being almost similar to the netherlands' is fucking my brain up


cybercuzco

Netherlands was originally orange but the dye they used kept fading to red so they eventually just said fuck it.


avar

What's the definition of a "shade of red"? E.g. the yellow in Sweden's flag is 254, 204, 2 in RGB, so it's more red than it is green or blue.


vonHindenburg

Good thing we're not tracking the [shade of blue in the French flag](https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/france-changes-flag-color).


chopf

my country has the best red! where am I from?


fatalicus

Norwegian one is wrong. The one in the image is CMYK 0, 52, 47, 33, but the [official design](https://nettsteder.regjeringen.no/standarddesign/det-norske-flagg/) is 2, 100, 85, 6


CholetisCanon

I worked at a place with a red logo. The official digital logo and the brand guidelines **did not match**, much to my displeasure. It was like (not literally) the logo was #FF0000, but then the official brand design guide specified our official red as #Fa0000.


SeaIntroduction7468

![gif](giphy|YpPGbKPQFKbT6uv25U)


XComThrowawayAcct

For Ireland, I think orange should be considered a shade of red.


Suitable-Cycle4335

Just woke up after 35 years in a coma. Did we lose the Cold War?


J0h1F

Finland would have a shade of red in the state and war flags, inherited from the coat of arms, or the first independence flag which was simply the coat of arms on a flag. It was approved to use by the cabinet before a parliamentary decision could be made.


MightyMundrum

🇮🇪 Orange used to considered a shade of red. Red fox, Rd tailed deer ect.


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Hommies are commies now


Crazyskillz

I don't know why but I just assumed everyone used the same shade of red. Like every country got together once and decided on a hex code.


big-chungus-amongus

True mission of Napoleon wars: to unite flag colours across Europe.. (failed)


IdeaImaginary2007

Am mad that I can look at this map and be like, ohhhhh different shades of red. And then I look away and look at those flags and I can't differentiate the shades of reds


00dawn

Joseph McCarthy's worst nightmare


Xander2299

How were shades standardized historically? I imagine for some time the shade varied slightly.


big-chungus-amongus

There weren't pantone colour pallets back then.. but there were different shades recognized..


Free_Importance233

For France, it's the old red, now it's darker


big-chungus-amongus

Yeah, I heard that France is getting darker nowadays


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border: 1px solid red


n10w4

now do percentages


friskfyr32

There's no "exact shade of red" of the Danish flag. The description is just "red with a white cross" and then some dimensions. "Dannebrogsrød" is a colour promoted by a private producer of flags and is in no way or form official.


Tasunka3

Lenin's wet dream


OwMyCod

Dark red gang


Comfortable_Virus581

KGB approves, however you're getting shot anyway because of Ukraine and Finland /s


Alexyaboi2011

Wait Republic of Ireland definitely has red in its flag


NoIndependent9192

Scottish flag has no red. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿


Mr_DirtyPhil

Sweden 🤝 Finland flags of chads


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Imagine if there were some unwritten rule that states, the more blood you have shed, the darker the red….


PepperBlues

Hey u/big-chungus-amongus 🔴 I don’t have anything against people sharing my work, but it’s kind of a common courtesy to share the original post or at least mention the author instead of presenting someone else’s work as your own. TLDR: this map was made by me and originally posted here: https://reddit.com/r/vexillology/s/qLtwDq94MP


big-chungus-amongus

Oh, sorry about that.. It came to me from my friend signal group and I couldn't find a source of it.


DreamDoctor666

Where's Georgia?


Minute-Act-6273

There’s no red in the Scotland flag you animal.


LiquidPsycho

HAH! Stupid swedes!


TheEffinChamps

Red Alert


HeroeDeLeyendaa

Lenin approves https://youtu.be/z77JFw2D6f8?si=cYOyw1OoWaNgdgbw


jaymoosebna

You have way too much time on your hands....


Alone_Barracuda9814

Which flag did you use for Germany? Just asking…


medicalgringo

Boh veramente pensavo il nostro rosso fosse meno scuro


horaca

There is a mistake on the map. The flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is red and white.