Every flag · Europe
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Shape
- 1.6667 : 1
- Code
- GB
Colours
Extracted from this file by the content build, not described from memory — so these are the colours the artwork contains.
- #cb1b38
- #f9f5f7
- #0f2b70
What is written about it
Adopted 1801
The Union Jack overlays the crosses of St George (England), St Andrew (Scotland) and St Patrick (Ireland).
Wales isn't represented — it was already united with England in 1801.
The file
- Licence
- Public domain
- Published at
- 1000 × 600
Credit Original: Acts of Union 1800 Vector: Yaddah
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg on Wikimedia Commons.
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