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Is This The Worst World Map Ever?

January 19, 2015 1 Comment

Worst world flag map ever

Map from reddit user Capntallon

I’ve seen a lot of bad maps in my time, but the one above has to be among the worst. Vexillology or flag maps can be a beautiful thing when done right. The map above, on the other hand, is hilarious in its randomness.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: flags

Average Colour Hue of Country & US State Flags

January 3, 2015 5 Comments

Average colour hue of world flags

Map by reddit user delugetheory

Here’s the last post for awhile about flag colours. Previous posts have looked at The Shade of Red Each Country Has On Its Flag and Countries Whose Flags Contain Red and/or Blue. The map above looks at what happens when you blend all the colours from each country’s flag proportionally.

Somewhat surprisingly there is a relatively large variety of colours, given that red and blue so often appear on flags.

Below you can see what happens when you do the same thing for individual US state flags:

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Countries Whose Flags Contain Red and/or Blue

January 3, 2015 13 Comments

Countries whose flags have either red and/or blue in them

Map by reddit user PieJesu, edit by will_holmes

As we saw in a previous post, the vast majority of the world’s countries have at least some red in their flag. The next most popular colour is blue, with only a handful of countries having neither colour in their flag.

The following countries have neither red or blue, but do all have green:

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The Shade of Red Each Country Has On Its Flag

January 3, 2015 Leave a Comment

Shade of red on each country's flag

Map by reddit user xyuksr

The map above simply shows the shade of red that appears on each country’s flag, assuming of course it has red on it. The data comes from here, which shows that 148 out of 192 countries (77%) have some red in their flags.

The reddest flags are:

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Flag (Vexillographical) Map of Europe & North Africa

December 29, 2014 3 Comments

Current Flag (Vexillographical) Map of Europe

Map created by reddit user Mainstay17

Who doesn’t love flags or to use the technical term Vexillology? The map above simply matches European, North African and some Middle Eastern countries with their respective flags.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: flags


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