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Purple is one of the least used colors in vexillology and heraldry. Currently, the color appears in only three national flags: that of Dominica, Spain, and Nicaragua, and one co-official national flag, the Wiphala (co-official national flag of Bolivia) [original research?].
The five major colors of European heraldry (black, red, blue, green, and purple) are sorted next. Miscellaneous colors ( murrey , tan , grey, and pink) are sorted last. Similar colors are grouped together to make navigation of this list practical.
National colours are frequently part of a country's set of national symbols. Many states and nations have formally adopted a set of colours as their official "national colours" while others have de facto national colours that have become well known through popular use.
The left-wing to far-left and republican Unidas Podemos coalition uses purple. In the United Kingdom, purple is most commonly associated with UKIP, a formerly prominent eurosceptic party which has since become extremely minor. Purple is also the official colour of two other British Eurosceptic parties, Veritas and the Christian Peoples Alliance.
A purple field as the main base with violet and green waves separated by parallel white lines underneath. A white stag and star holds the top left corner. Exmoor remains the only moorland with its own flag to this day.
This is a list of flags by color. Each section below contains any flag that has any amount of the color listed for that section.
The flag of England flying alongside the flag of the United Kingdom in Southsea, Portsmouth, in July 2008. The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is derived from Saint George's Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules).
Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland (variously described as a country, province, jurisdiction or region).
The flag of Wales (Welsh: Baner Cymru or Y Ddraig Goch, meaning 'the red dragon') consists of a red dragon passant on a green and white field. As with many heraldic charges, the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised in law.
In common English usage, purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. However, the meaning of the term purple is not well defined. There is confusion about the meaning of the terms purple and violet even among native speakers of English.