My submission for the Banffshire flag contest

The story behind my winning design for the flag of Gilbert, West Virginia

Less common flag colours: teal/turquoise

Superellipse: a shield shape for our age?

11 February 2004: The village of Trpík in Pardubice Region, Czechia, adopts a flag

10 February 2000: Poltava Region in Ukraine adopts a flag featuring its historic Cossack cross

What do the flags with yellow, blue and red in the back mean?

Which State does this flag represent? (Signalbook, Danish, 1931)

9 February 2018: The French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes officially adopts a flag, a banner of its arms

9 February 1999: Scania Region in Sweden is granted a banner of arms and also adopts the Scanian Cross flag alongside it

8 February 1974: The town of Nieheim adopts a flag that reflects the diversity of approach found in North-Rhine Westphalia

7 February 2009: Bolivia adopts the Wiphala as a national symbol alongside its tricolour

7 February 1974: Grenada becomes independent from the UK and adopts a new flag

7 February 1941: Halland County in Sweden is granted arms and a flag

6 February 1985: The Canadian Flag Association is founded

5 February 1975: The Dutch city of Amsterdam officially adopts a flag

5 February 1997: Magallanes Region, Chile, adopts a flag recalling its geography

5 February 1991: Azerbaijan readopts the flag of its pre-Soviet independent republic

5 February 1918: The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, adopts a flag for its bicentenary

Flags with suggested letters

4 February 1995: The German Society for Vexillology is founded

4 February 1998: The UN High Representative chooses a new flag for Bosnia and Herzegovina when the parties involved can’t agree on one

4 February 1948: Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence from the United Kingdom and adopts its historic Lion Flag

3 February 1995: The Italian region of Tuscany officially adopts a flag

3 February 1964: The city of St Louis, Missouri, adopts a new flag to commemorate its bicentennial