Gallery of flags by design

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Shotwell logo

This is a gallery page containing specially selected image and media files. They have been chosen as highlights of a particular topic, but do not represent the full range of files that are available on Commons. For a wider selection of files connected with Gallery of flags by design, see Category:Gallery pages about flags.

NOTE: MAJOR UPDATE, CHARGES NOW DIVIDED INTO FIXED AND MOBILE, LATTER MOVED TO ANNEX GALLERY

This gallery uses as its organizing rubric a set of terms and concepts derived mostly from the Western heraldic tradition. The main sets of these terms are five: #Divisions of the field, #Variations of the field, Charges, #Variations of Charges, and #Lines of division and variation. (The sixth main set, #Overall Shape of the Flag (Nonrectangular variants) is mainly not derived from heraldic tradition.) The advantage of this approach is that flag design (vexillography) in Greater Europe and its former colonies is largely an adaptation of the conventions of Western heraldry used to decorate shields as markers of identity. The heraldic tradition provides an elaborated and intricated set of terms whose scope is far greater than those that have been developed from the study of flags alone, without reference to the traditions from which it derives. This set of terms allows us to recognize, and thus think and discuss a great variety of individual flag elements. It allows us to parse complex designs into their constituent components. A disadvantage is that it is less appropriate to flag designs that derive from other traditions, such as Japanese prefectural and municipal flags, Liberian county flags, and newer genres of design derived from corporate logos, etc.

The purpose of the gallery is to serve as an aid to the practice of flag design and for the study and teaching of flag design, flag history and geography, etc. Items have been selected because they are the most well known, the most representative, or particularly unique, interesting, well-executed or illustrative examples of the incorporation of particular (often heraldic) elements into flag design. The aim is to sketch out a space of possibility for design with these elements rather than to provide an exhaustive listing of all instances.

For the purposes of identification, where possible, links will be provided to more specialized galleries and category pages that have more comprehensive listings. This latter work is ongoing.

NOTE: Because of size limitations, this gallery contains only fixed charges - a term introduced here for what in heraldry are termed ordinaries and sub-ordinaries. These charges either span the length and breadth of the field or fixed to an edge of the field, typically spanning the length or breadth of that edge. The exception are the charged plain fields, these feature mobile charges. The annex gallery, Gallery of flags by design II: Mobile charges, catalogues mobile charges, those that can be placed anywhere on the field. It also contains sections on the arrangement and orientation of the placement of mobile charges on the field.

Divisions of the field[edit]

Undivided[edit]

Plain white field[edit]

Plain white field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

Plain black field[edit]

Plain black field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

Plain grey field[edit]

Plain grey field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with grey fields.

Plain blue field[edit]

Plain blue field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with blue fields.

Plain azure field[edit]

Plain azure field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

NOTE: Azure here refers to the modern color specification of azure, not heraldic 'azure'.

Plain cyan field[edit]

Plain cyan field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

Plain green field[edit]

Plain green field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with green fields.

Plain brown field[edit]

Plain brown field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with brown fields.

Plain buff field[edit]

Plain buff field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

Note: Refer also to the heraldic ticture tenné

Plain gold, yellow field[edit]

Plain gold, yellow, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with yellow fields.

Plain orange field[edit]

Plain orange field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with orange fields.

Plain red field[edit]

Plain red field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with red fields.

Plain pink field[edit]

Plain pink field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with pink fields.

Plain raspberry field[edit]

Plain raspberry field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with raspberry fields.

Plain maroon field[edit]

Plain maroon field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

Plain purple field[edit]

Plain purple field, with mobile charge(s)[edit]

 See also category: Flags with purple fields.

Vertical division of the field[edit]

Biband, vertical (Party per pale)[edit]

Note: For 'unequal width vertical biband', see #Sides

Triband, vertical (Tierced in pale)[edit]

Equal width vertical triband[edit]

Bicolor equal width vertical triband[edit]
Tricolor equal width vertical triband[edit]

Other equal width vertical triband[edit]

Unequal width vertical triband[edit]

Canadian pale[edit]
Canadian pale adjacent[edit]
Other unequal width vertical triband[edit]

Multiband, vertical[edit]

Equal width vertical multiband[edit]

Unequal width vertical multiband[edit]

Horizontal division of the field[edit]

Biband, horizontal (Party per fess)[edit]

Other biband[edit]

Note: For 'unequal width horizontal biband', see #Chief and #Terrace in base (Champagne)

Triband, horizontal (Tierced in fess)[edit]

Equal height horizontal triband[edit]

Bicolor equal height horizontal triband[edit]
Tricolor equal height horizontal triband[edit]
Fimbriated (or filleted) equal height horizontal triband[edit]

See also #Triangle at hoist with equal height triband field

Unequal height horizontal triband[edit]

Unequal horizontal triband, center band wider than 1/3 but narrower than 1/2 hoist[edit]
Spanish fess[edit]
Bicolor Spanish fess[edit]

Note: Center band is equal to half the height of the hoist.

Tricolor Spanish fess[edit]
Unequal horizontal triband, center band wider than 1/2 hoist[edit]
Center band 3/5's height of hoist[edit]
Center band almost 3/5's height of hoist[edit]
Center band more than 3/5's height of hoist[edit]
Wide center band, fimbriated[edit]

See also #Unequal width horizontal multiband > #Pentaband and more

'Andean fess'*[edit]

*Term introduced here, by reference to 'Spanish fess': an unequal triband with an upper band 1/2 the height of the hoist, and two lower bands each 1/4 the height of the hoist.

'Andean fess' adjacent[edit]
'Andean fess' adjacent, inverted[edit]

See also #Terrace in base (Champagne)

'Latvian fess'*[edit]

*Term introduced here, by reference to 'Spanish fess'. An unequal height triband with center band 1/5 the height of the hoist, upper and lower bands each 2/5's height of hoist.

'Latvian fess' adjacent[edit]

Fimbriated (or filleted) fess

Fimbriated (or filleted) horizontal biband and adjacent

Other unequal horizontal triband, narrower center band, bicolor

Other unequal horizontal triband, narrower center band, tricolor

See also #Charges > #Fess and #Triangle at hoist with unequal height triband field

Other unequal height horizontal triband[edit]

Multiband, horizontal[edit]

Equal height horizontal multiband[edit]

Tricolor equal height horizontal multiband[edit]

Unequal height horizontal multiband[edit]

Quadriband[edit]

Note: See also #Terrace in base (Champagne)

Pentaband and more[edit]

See also #Charges > #Fess

Tripart (aka 'Tribar'), coupé mi-parti[edit]

See also #Charges > #Ordinaries > #Sides > #Hoist-wise side* (Side dexter, adextré, adiestrado)

Diagonal division of the field[edit]

Diagonally bisected[edit]

Party per bend[edit]

Party per bend sinister[edit]

Diagonally trisected (Tierced per bend) etc.[edit]

For other diagonally trisected, quadrisected, etc. flags, see #Charges > #Ordinaries > #Bend below. See also #Variations of the field > #Stripes > #Diagonal (bendy).

Party per bend and demi-bend*[edit]

*Term introduced here
See also #Triangular panel

Quartered (Party per cross)[edit]

See also Gallery of quartered flags#Orthogonal and #Charges > #Canton with quartered field

Quadrisected off-center (Party per cross asymmetric)[edit]

Diagonally quartered (Party per saltire)[edit]

 See also category: Diagonal quartered flags.

Pile or Triangle as division of the field[edit]

Note: Piles or triangles at the hoist with plain and biband fields are classed in heraldry as divisions of the field ('Party per chevron' and 'Party per pall'), but for the purposes of this gallery all Piles are classed as #Fixed Charges. See #Pile

Irregular quadrilateral partition of field[edit]

Wave[edit]

Horizontal[edit]

Angular horizontal[edit]

Vertical[edit]

Diagonal[edit]

See also #Lines of division and variation > #Wavy/undy and #Enarched/embowed
Note: the lines of division or variation producing this division of the field is known as serpentine in South African and other heraldic nomenclatures.

Other divisions of the field[edit]

Variations of the field[edit]

Stripes[edit]

This list is incomplete - for a more complete listing refer to Gallery of striped flags

Horizontal (barry)[edit]

For rainbow flags, see #Divisions of the field > #Horizontal (Per fess) > #Multiband, horizontal

Vertical (paly)[edit]

Diagonal (bendy)[edit]

Chevronny[edit]

Checkered (Chequy)[edit]

Checkering (Chequy) as variation of charge[edit]

Lozengy[edit]

Mascles[edit]

Rustré[edit]

Note: For lozenges as mobile charges, see Gallery of flags by design II: Mobile charges#Diamond (rhomboid/lozenge)

Gyronny[edit]

Of six[edit]

Of seven[edit]

Of eight[edit]

Of ten[edit]

Of twelve[edit]

Of sixteen[edit]

Of twenty-four[edit]

Of twenty-eight[edit]

Ray[edit]

Ray as variation of charge[edit]

For the Flag of the Seychelles and similar, see #Divisions of the field > #Triangle as division of the field > #Pile throughout

Semé[edit]

See also #Diapering as variation of field

Fur tinctures[edit]

Note: In European heraldry, 'furs' such as ermine and vair are technically tinctures (colors) and not variations of the field. However, in form they resemble variations of the field and so are placed here.

Ermine[edit]

Note: Some examples below are variations of charges, charges erminée - charges such as cantons, chiefs, crosses, sides, bends, bordures, wedges, escutcheons, etc. And in some, the ermine spot is itself treated as a charge.

 See also category: Flags with ermine fur-skins.

Vair[edit]

Note: Like the ermine above, in European heraldry the vair is technically not a variation of the field but a 'tincture' (color) of a particular type - a 'fur'. Note also that for some examples below, vair is used as variation of charge, etc.

Vair ancien/ondé (Wolkenfeh)[edit]

See also #Nebuly, below.

Endenté (barry indented / dantelado / trianglé)[edit]

Endenté as variation of charge[edit]

See also #Charges > #Shapes > #Triangle
See also Japanese uroko pattern

Diapering as variation of field[edit]

See also #Semé

Diapering as variation of charge[edit]

Diapering as charge[edit]

Diapering as pale and pale retrait[edit]
Diapering as orle and bordure[edit]

Charge as diapering[edit]

Calligraphic or typographic charge as diapering[edit]
Figurative or decorative charge as diapering[edit]

Lines of division and variation as diapering[edit]

Note: Some of these lines vary #Divisions of the field and some #Charges and #Variations of charges.

Plaid[edit]

Note: Not a traditional heraldic variation of the field.

Charges, Fixed[edit]

Pale[edit]

See also #Divisions of the field > #Triband, vertical (Tierced in pale), above

Vertical bar[edit]

Pales retraits as pallets[edit]

Fess[edit]

See also #Bicolor equal height horizontal triband and #Unequal height horizontal triband

Bar gemel[edit]
Tallit-style dual bars* and adjacent[edit]
Vertical tallit-style dual bars* and adjacent[edit]

*Term introduced here, by reference to the inspiration for the Flag of Israel.

Tierce and adjacent[edit]

See also #Bar gemel

Other bar divided and parted[edit]

Bend[edit]

For flags with diagonally bisected fields (bicolor fields divided diagonally), see #Divisions of the field > #Diagonal (Per bend), above

Bend dexter[edit]

Bend dexter (West-East diagonal)[edit]
Bend dexter (West-South diagonal)[edit]
Bend dexter (North-East diagonal)[edit]
Bend dexter (North-South diagonal)[edit]

Bend sinister[edit]

Bend sinister (East-West diagonal)[edit]
Bend sinister (West-North diagonal)[edit]
Bend sinister (South-East diagonal)[edit]
Bend sinister (South-North diagonal)[edit]

Cross[edit]

Symmetric cross[edit]

See also Category:Flags with crosses (symmetric) and Flags with saints' crosses

Symmetric cross couped[edit]
Symmetric + Saltire[edit]

See also #Saltire below

Offset cross (Nordic / Latin)[edit]

See also #Overall Shape of the Flag (Nonrectangular variants), below, for swallowtail variants.
For a fuller list see Nordic cross flag

Offset cross enhanced[edit]
Offset cross abased[edit]
Nordic/Offset cross + Saltire[edit]

Saltire[edit]

See also Category:Flags with saltires and w:Category:Saltire flags and #Symmetric + Saltire (above)

Saltorel[edit]

For other flags with equal-armed saltorels, see #Flanchis above.

Canton[edit]

Canton with plain field[edit]

Canton with plain field, charged[edit]

See also Gallery of flags with cantons

Canton with horizontal biband field[edit]

Canton with horizontal triband field[edit]

Canton with striped field[edit]

Canton with cross spanning field[edit]

 See also categories: Ensigns with the cross of Saint George and SVG civil air ensigns.

Canton with quartered field[edit]

See also #Divisions of the field > #Quartered (Party per cross)

Canton with other field[edit]

Canton square in shape[edit]

Canton not affixed to corner[edit]

For a breakdown of cantons by national flag, see Gallery of flags with cantons and Flags based on British ensigns

 See also categories: Flags with cantons and Union Jack cantons.

Esquarre[edit]

Chief[edit]

Base (Terrace in base or Champagne)[edit]

Side[edit]

Hoist-ward side* (Side dexter, adextré, adiestrado)[edit]

See also #Divisions of the field > #Tripart (aka 'Tribar', coupé mi-parti) above.
*Term introduced here, as flags are typically double-sided and mobile rather than fixed (equivalent heraldic terms in parentheses). Hoist is at left unless otherwise noted.

Fly-ward side* (Side sinister, senestré, siniestrado)[edit]

*Term introduced here, as flags are typically double-sided and mobile rather than fixed (equivalent heraldic terms in parentheses). Fly is at right unless otherwise noted.

Bordure[edit]

Pennant with bordure[edit]

Three-sided border[edit]

Orle or Tressure[edit]

Bordure + orle[edit]

Pile[edit]

Pile at hoist with plain field (Party per chevron)[edit]

Pile at hoist with biband field (Party per pall)[edit]

Other pile with biband field (Party per pall)[edit]

Pile at hoist with triband field[edit]

Pile at hoist with equal height triband field[edit]
Pile at hoist with bicolor equal height triband field[edit]
Pile at hoist with tricolor equal height triband field[edit]

See also #Triband, horizontal (Tierced in fess) > #Equal height horizontal triband

Triangle at hoist with unequal height triband field[edit]

See also #Unequal height horizontal triband

Pile at hoist with multiband field[edit]

Pile at hoist with striped field[edit]

Other pile[edit]

Pile throughout[edit]

See also #Chevron and #Concave kite ('arrowhead', 'dart', 'V')

Esquire or Triangular panel[edit]

See heraldic 'esquire'
See also #Charges > #Gusset, #Chevron and #Concave kite ('arrowhead', 'dart', 'V') below.

Chevron[edit]

See also #Charges > #Shapes > #Triangle and #Variations of the field > #Chevronny and #Pile throughout

Couple-close as fimbriation[edit]

Couple-close as charge[edit]

Concave kite ('arrowhead', 'dart', 'V')[edit]

Note: This is not a traditional heraldic ordinary, but is particular to vexillography. In many cases, it can also be thought of as the superimposition of a wedge upon a pile, or alternately blazoned as a double party per chevron type division of the field. It shares that with the chevron, so it is placed here.
See also #Maltese cross / St. John's Cross and Gallery of flags by design, Annex: Figurative-realistic charges > #Arrowhead
See also Concave kite as mobile charge

 See also category: Flags with concave kites.

Triangular pennant with concave kite ('arrowhead', 'dart', 'V')[edit]

Other shapes as fixed charges (or divisions of the field)[edit]

Pentagonal fixed charge (variant of Party per chevron or per pall)[edit]

See also #Charges > #Pall

Trapezoid[edit]

Hexagonal fixed charge[edit]

Note: these shapes, with the exception of the pentagon as a divsion of the field, are not traditional heraldic ordinaries

Pall[edit]

See also #Forked cross

Shakefork adjacent[edit]

Pall adjacent[edit]

Gusset[edit]

 See also category: Flags with gussets.

Gusset adjacent[edit]

Tau (t-shape)*[edit]

*Term introduced here for field-spanning charge resembling a simple tau or Saint Anthony's cross, often appearing to represent the letter tau or 't'. In French heraldry, the flag of Tarn would likely be blazoned 'chef-pal', or 'chief-pale', the others possibly 'flanc-fasce', or 'side-fess'.
See also #Tau cross

Fret[edit]

See also #Cross parted and fretted

Note: for Label and Flaunches, see Gallery of flags by design II > #Mobile charges > #Heraldry-derived charges > #Label and #Flaunches

Variations of Charges[edit]

Fimbriation[edit]

Note: fimbriation can also be used to offset #Divisions of the field, #Variations of the field and other #Variations of charges, in addition to #Charges.

Fimbriation that breaks the rule of tincture[edit]

Fimbriated charges that are the same color as the field[edit]

Some of these are sometimes regarded as cases of #Voiding

Fimbriation that is the same color as a charge[edit]

Double fimbriation[edit]

See also #Cottising and #Adjacent to resarcelé

Triple fimbriation[edit]

See also #Resarcelé and #Cottising overlaying fimbriation or other elements

Voiding[edit]

See also #Fimbriated charges that are the same color as the field

Cottising[edit]

Couple-closes as cottising[edit]

Cost[edit]

Cottising or cost overlaying fimbriation or other elements[edit]

See also #Adjacent to resarcelé and #Triple fimbriation

Other cottise-like variation[edit]

Resarcelé[edit]

NB: In French heraldry, to be 'resarcelé' is to be an ordinary that is charged with an orle. Sometimes cottising is descriptively blazoned as 'resarcelée du champ' - charged by an orle 'of the field'. (See Leduc de Nirvède). And, in at least one instance, the fimbriation of a charge that is the same color as the field is blazoned 'resarcelée'. But the term alone and in most contexts refers neither to cottising nor fimbriation as such.

Adjacent to resarcelé[edit]

Flags that feature an inner line of variation that does not trace the full outer border of the charge. In French heraldry, they could be blazoned as resarcelée. In Anglophone vexillology, some prefer the term 'double-fimbriated'

See also #Double fimbriation

Embossing (Nowy)[edit]

Quadrate / Escartelly[edit]

See also #Nowy gabled

Nowy lozengey[edit]

Other nowy-like variations[edit]

Breaking (Rompu)[edit]

Faceting[edit]

Faceting via line[edit]

Faceting via voiding[edit]

Faceting via tincture and shading[edit]

Faceting via gyronnée[edit]

See #Gyronnée / Gyronny as variation of charge

Faceting via polygon[edit]

Gyronnée / Gyronny as variation of charge[edit]

See aslo #Faceting via gyronée above and #Counterchanging below.
Note: Gyronnée/gyronny is a means sometimes used to create the effect of faceting. But, it is not the only means, nor is the effect of gyronée always necessarily faceting.
For its use as a #Variation of the field, see #Gyronny

 See also category: Crosses quarterly and per saltire counterchanged.

Counterchanging[edit]

Note: Counterchanging can characterize the #Divisions of the field, #Variations of the field and other #Variations of charges as well as the #Charges themselves.

Counterchanging field + charge[edit]

Counterchanging variation of the field[edit]

Counterchanging charge(s) alone[edit]

Counterchanging field + fimbriation[edit]

Counterchanging field + fimbriation + charge[edit]

Counterchanging fimbriation alone[edit]

See also #Gyronnée / Gyronny as variation of charge and #Variations of the field > #Gyronny above.

Tripartite[edit]

Bipartite[edit]

Parted[edit]

Parted (or looped) and interlaced[edit]

See also #Cross parted and fretted and #Cross parted and otherwise interlaced
Note: The term 'parted' in blasonry is sometimes used to refer to voiding. See example.

Componée (compony)[edit]

Lines of division and variation[edit]

Note: Variations of lines can affect #Divisions of the field, #Variations of the field, #Charges, and #Variations of Charges

Indented and dancetty[edit]

See also #Bevilled

Serrated / Wolfteeth[edit]

Rayonné[edit]

See also #Charges > #Estoile

Flammé (Geflammte, Flamboyant)[edit]

Flammulets[edit]

See also #Bordure dancetted.

Wavy/undy[edit]

See also #Divisions of the field > #Wave
For a fuller listing, see also Category:Flags with wave patterns

Crested[edit]

Spiral[edit]

 See also category: Flags with spirals.

Other wave form representations[edit]

Engrailed wave[edit]

See also #Engrailed

Other wave line / form[edit]

Nebuly[edit]

See also #Vair ancien/ondé (Wolkenfeh), above.

Engrailed[edit]

See also #Other wave form representations > #Engrailed wave

Invected[edit]

Embattled[edit]

Embattled/Counterembattled[edit]

Embattled grady (Kaksoissakarakoro)[edit]

Raguly[edit]

See also #Lines of division and variation > #Bevilled

 See also category: Flags with lines raguly.

Dovetailed[edit]

Potenty[edit]

Meander[edit]

Note: meander is not a traditional heraldic line but appears in contemporary vexillogy.

 See also category: Meander in heraldry.

Urdy[edit]

See also #Variation of the field > #Vair, above

Enarched/embowed[edit]

Angled[edit]

Bevilled[edit]

See also #Fir-tree topped (Kuusikoro/Sapiné) and #Raguly and #Charges > #Lightning

Embossed (nowy and escartelly)[edit]

See #Charges > #Embossing (Nowy)

Flory / Fleury[edit]

Flory-counterflory[edit]

See also #Charges > #Cross fleury, #Cross fleury fitchy, #Cross crosslet fleury (florencée), and #Fleur-de-lis

Trefly[edit]

Trefly-counter-trefly[edit]

See also #Charges > # Trefoil (heraldic)

Fir-tree topped (Kuusikoro/Sapiné)[edit]

Fir-tree topped + leaf[edit]

See also #Bevilled

Fir-twigged/Sprigged (Havukoro/Sapinagy)[edit]

Bastionné[edit]

See also #Shapes > #Bastionné polygon

Nowy gabled[edit]

See also #Embossing (Nowy)

Antlered*[edit]

* Term introduced here by reference to Antler crown

Other lines of division and variation[edit]

Overall Shape of the Flag (Nonrectangular variants)[edit]

Square-shaped[edit]

Rhombus[edit]

Swallowtail[edit]

Double-pointed swallowtail[edit]

Swallowtail with tongue[edit]

See also #Triangular swallowtail pennant and #Triangular double-pointed swallowtail pennant, below

Double swallowtail[edit]

Scalloped double swallowtail[edit]

Chamfered swallowtail[edit]

See also #Descate below.

Chamfered double swallowtail[edit]

NB: Other terms like triangular-tongued also used. See also #Pennant/Pennon / #Triangular chamfered double swallowtail below.

Rounded swallowtail[edit]

See #Descate below

Pennant/Pennon[edit]

Triangular pennant[edit]

Pavon / Dhvaja[edit]
Pavon with flammules[edit]
Double Pavon (or Double Pennant)[edit]

Tapering pennant[edit]

See also International Code of Signals numeral and other pennants.

Lanceloate tapering pennant[edit]

Triangular swallowtail pennant (aka 'Burgee' )[edit]

Triangular double-pointed swallowtail pennant[edit]
  • Commodore's rank flag, Yacht Clubs of Finland
    Commodore's rank flag, Yacht Clubs of Finland
Triangular swallowtail pennant with tongue[edit]
Tapering swallowtail pennant[edit]

See #Tapering pennant above

Triangular chamfered swallowtail[edit]

See #Swallowtail > #Chamfered double swallowtail and #Pennant/Pennon > #Triangular swallowtail pennant

Triangular chamfered double swallowtail[edit]

See #Chamfered, #Swallowtail > #Chamfered double swallowtail, #Gonfalon > #Chamfered double swallowtailed, and #Pennant/Pennon > #Triangular swallowtail pennant

Streamer[edit]

See also #Gonfalon > #Multi-tailed below

Schwenkel[edit]

Gonfalon[edit]

Triangular-ended[edit]

Swallowtailed[edit]

Chamfered double swallowtailed[edit]

Multi-tailed[edit]

See also #Streamer above

Multi-tailed with triangular-ending tails[edit]

Multi-tailed with triangular-ending tails, incised end[edit]

Triangular-ended with triangular-ending tails[edit]

Stepped gonfalon with triangular-ending tails, incised end[edit]

Other gonfalon or procession banner[edit]

Shield-shaped[edit]

Lanceloate (rounded fly)[edit]

Ogival[edit]

For an ogival-shaped division of the field, see the flag of Cedar Rapids, Iowa above in #Lines of division and variation > #Enarched/embowed

Pentagonally shaped[edit]

Chamfered[edit]

See #Chamfered swallowtail above

Descate[edit]

See #Chamfered swallowtail

Double-tailed descate[edit]

Triple-tailed descate[edit]

Engrailed fly or Stepped fly[edit]

Trapezoidal / Inclined fly[edit]

Bowed trapezoidal[edit]

Other shapes[edit]

See also List of non-rectangular flags and List of aspect ratios of national flags

Additional aspects of design[edit]

Aspect ratio[edit]

See also List of aspect ratios of national flags

 See also category: Flags by aspect ratio.

Color combination[edit]

See also List of flags by color combination

 See also category: Color combinations of flags.

Different obverse and reverse[edit]

See also Flags whose reverse differs from the obverse

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gallery_of_flags_by_design&oldid=871635082"