What Color Is a Good Flag

According to Kaye’s guide, a good flag should contain no more than three primary colors. Kaye lists the basic flag colors as red, blue, green, black, yellow, and white (“White and yellow are called “metals,” after gold and silver,” says Phillips), and most good flags use some mix of these.

What are 5 rules that most flags follow?

• Keep It Simple. The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory.
• Use Meaningful Symbolism. The flag’s images, colors, or patterns should relate to what it symbolizes.
• Use 2 or 3 Basic Colors. …
• No Lettering or Seals. …
• Be Distinctive or Be Related.

Can you study Vexillology?

One can be a vexillologist to varying degrees. It need not be any more complicated than collecting and studying flags as a hobby in one’s spare time. It is also a serious academic field, however, and there are many avenues for pursuing the study with more rigor.