Flags / Europe

Flag of Italy

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

Three equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then red.

Name in the quiz: Italy
UN member state name: Italy
ISO 3166-1 code: IT
Atlas Play pack: Europe

Practise the Europe pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

FranceVertical tricolours with a white middle band.
IrelandGreen, white and a warm colour at the fly: red against orange.
MexicoGreen, white, red vertical bands; one has an emblem on the white.
NigeriaGreen and white vertical bands.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Italy (A vertical tricolour of green, white and red; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/it.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 c64d9fee6d00…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.