Flags / Packs
Europe
Ten flags from western, northern and southern Europe, including four vertical tricolours that are easy to mix up.
A round shows all ten in a new order, each with four names from this pack.
Practise with descriptions shows a written description of each flag before you answer, for learning by ear or with a screen reader. Those rounds are counted separately.
The ten flags
- NetherlandsThree equal horizontal bands: red, white, then blue.
- BelgiumThree vertical bands: black at the hoist, then yellow, then red. Officially almost square.
- FranceThree equal vertical bands: blue at the hoist, white, then red.
- GermanyThree equal horizontal bands: black, red, then gold.
- ItalyThree equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then red.
- SpainRed, a double-width yellow band, then red, with a crowned coat of arms towards the hoist.
- PortugalGreen at the hoist (about two fifths) and red, with a yellow armillary sphere and shield on the boundary.
- United KingdomBlue field with a red upright cross edged in white over red and white diagonal crosses.
- IrelandThree equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then orange.
- SwedenBlue field with a yellow cross whose upright is set towards the hoist.
Look-alikes in this pack
Netherlands and FranceThe same three colours, horizontal against vertical.
France and ItalyVertical tricolours with a white middle band.
France and BelgiumVertical tricolours of equal bands.
Italy and IrelandGreen, white and a warm colour at the fly: red against orange.
Belgium and GermanyBlack, red and yellow or gold, vertical against horizontal.
Spain and PortugalRed with a coat of arms on a two-colour field.