Flag Colour Statistics
The data behind the colours of the world's flags
Of the 195 national flags in this database, White appears in 151 of them (77%), Crimson appears in 123 of them (63%) and Gold appears in 86 of them (44%). Between them they use 36 distinct named colours and 204 distinct hex values, averaging 3.4 colours per flag. Eritrea is the most colourful flag with 10 colours, while Albania uses only 2.
Total Flags
195
Named Colours
36
Hex Colours
204
Avg Colours/Flag
3.4
Most Colourful
Eritrea (10)
Least Colourful
Albania (2)
Most Common Named Colours
White
151 flags (77%)
Crimson
123 flags (63%)
Gold
86 flags (44%)
Black
57 flags (29%)
Midnightblue
38 flags (19%)
Forestgreen
32 flags (16%)
Darkblue
28 flags (14%)
Firebrick
22 flags (11%)
Teal
17 flags (9%)
Red
17 flags (9%)
Seagreen
11 flags (6%)
Darkcyan
9 flags (5%)
Darkslategray
9 flags (5%)
Darkgreen
6 flags (3%)
Green
6 flags (3%)
Limegreen
5 flags (3%)
Orange
4 flags (2%)
Yellow
4 flags (2%)
Darkslateblue
4 flags (2%)
Steelblue
4 flags (2%)
Brown
4 flags (2%)
Cornflowerblue
3 flags (2%)
Orangered
3 flags (2%)
Royalblue
3 flags (2%)
Mediumblue
2 flags (1%)
Darkorange
2 flags (1%)
Sandybrown
2 flags (1%)
Darkred
2 flags (1%)
Coral
2 flags (1%)
Navy
2 flags (1%)
Deepskyblue
2 flags (1%)
Dodgerblue
1 flags (1%)
Silver
1 flags (1%)
Darkolivegreen
1 flags (1%)
Darkturquoise
1 flags (1%)
Mediumturquoise
1 flags (1%)