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Byzantine Empire: Red, gold and purple Byzantine flags and insignia: China (Republic of China, 1912-1949) Blue, white and red Confederate States of America: Blue, white and red Cadet grey Cadet grey was an official color of the Confederate States Army: Czechoslovakia: Blue, white and red Donetsk People's Republic: Black, blue and red
Bhutan (with distinct yellow and orange) Hanover (1837–1866) Hindu flag (with distinct orange) Jacksonville, Florida, United States (with a distinct gold and orange and a brown emblem) Jerusalem cross – flag used by several Crusader states. Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland (with multicolored coat of arms) Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517) Nagano ...
Blue was a latecomer among colors used in art and decoration, as well as language and literature. [5] [verification needed] Reds, blacks, browns, and ochres are found in cave paintings from the Upper Paleolithic period, but not blue. Blue was also not used for dyeing fabric until long after red, ochre, pink and purple.
Purple is a color similar in appearance to violet light. In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by combining red and blue pigments. In the CMYK color model used in modern printing, purple is made by combining magenta pigment with either cyan pigment, black pigment, or both.
Michael's successors ruled the Byzantine Empire at its weakest point in history, and much of the Palaiologan period was a time of political and economic decline, partly due to external enemies such as the Bulgarians, Serbs and Ottoman Turks, and partly due to frequent civil wars between members of the Palaiologos family. By the beginning of the ...
Black (Sable) Black flag. Flag of Afghanistan. Flag of Afghanistan (variant) Flag of Afghanistan (1901–1919) Flag of Afghanistan (1919–1921) Flag of Afghanistan (1921–1926) Flag of Afghanistan (1926–1928) Flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
These are often Red Ensigns (e.g., Bermuda) or Blue Ensigns (e.g., New South Wales and Anguilla). A small number have backgrounds of other colors (e.g. British Antarctic Territory and Niue) or a unique pattern in the field (e.g. British Indian Ocean Territory and Hawaii).
[209] [210] [211] The purple dye became one of the most highly valued commodities in the ancient Mediterranean, [212] being worth fifteen to twenty times its weight in gold. In Roman society, where adult males wore the toga as a national garment, the use of the toga praetexta , decorated with a stripe of Tyrian purple about two to three inches ...