A Catalogue of Useless Facts

Purple Flags

Purple Flags
- symbology -

​​No modern-day country uses purple as a main color on its national flag. In fact, purple only appears in two instances at all -- the flag of Nicaragua (as detailing on a rainbow) and the flag of Dominica (in a representation of a sisserou parrot).

The current flag of Qatar was originally intended to be purple-red (as a blended reference to the tradional red flag and the region's historical production of purple dye) but the color-distorting effect of the desert climate led to an eventual redesign, resulting in the modern, maroon flag.

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Sources ▶︎

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Dominica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nicaragua
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Qatar