Triband (flag)

Outside of the name, which requires three bands of colour, there are no other requirements for what a triband must look like, so there are many flags that look very different from each other but are all considered tribands. Some triband flags (e.g. those of Germany, Russia and the Netherlands) have their stripes positioned horizontally, while others (e.g. that of Italy) position the stripes vertically. Often the stripes on a triband are of equal length and width, though this is not always the case, as can be seen in the flags of Colombia and Canada. Symbols on tribands may be seals, such as on the Belizean flag, or any manner of emblems of significance to the area the flag represents, such as in the flags of Argentina, India and Lebanon. ==Tricolour==

A tricolour () or tricolor () is a type of triband design which originated in the 16th century as a symbol of republicanism, liberty, or revolution. The oldest tricolour flag originates from the Netherlands, whose successor's design later inspired the French and Russian flags. The flags of France, Italy, Romania, Mexico, Ireland and Paraguay were all adopted with the formation of an independent republic in the period of the French Revolution to the Revolutions of 1848, with the exception of the Irish tricolour, which dates from 1848 but was not popularised until the Easter Rising in 1916 and adopted in 1919. History The first association of the tricolour with republicanism is the orange-white-blue design of the Prince's Flag (, precursor of the flags of the Netherlands), first depicted in 1575 and used by William I of Orange-Nassau in the Eighty Years' War, establishing the independence of the Dutch Republic from the Spanish Empire. Its red-white-blue successor is the oldest tricolour flag still in use. The flag of the Netherlands inspired both the French and Russian flags, which in turn further inspired many tricolour flags in other countries. In 1999, a red, green, and blue tricolour was proposed as the Flag of Mars. The design symbolises liberty, and also the terraforming of Mars by humanity from a red planet to a green one, and eventually an Earth-like blue one. == Gallery ==

File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg|The flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021), a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of the Republic of Alba (variant).svg|Variant flag of the Republic of Alba (1796), a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Andorra.svg|The flag of Andorra, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Argentina.svg|The flag of Argentina, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Armenia.svg|The flag of Armenia, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Austria.svg|The flag of Austria, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg|The flag of Azerbaijan, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Barbados.svg|The flag of Barbados, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Belgium.svg|The flag of Belgium, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Belize.svg|The flag of Belize, a charged horizontal triband. File:Bisexual Pride Flag.svg|The bisexual pride flag, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|The flag of Bolivia, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|The flag of Bulgaria, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Cambodia.svg|The flag of Cambodia, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Cameroon.svg|The flag of Cameroon, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg|The flag of Canada, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Chad.svg|The flag of Chad, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Colombia.svg|The flag of Colombia, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Croatia.svg|The flag of Croatia, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Ecuador.svg|The flag of Ecuador, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Egypt.svg|The flag of Egypt, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of El Salvador.svg|The flag of El Salvador, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Estonia.svg|The flag of Estonia, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|The flag of Ethiopia, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of France.svg|The flag of France, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Gabon.svg|The flag of Gabon, a simple horizontal triband. File:Genderqueer Pride Flag.svg|The genderqueer pride flag, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Germany.svg|The flag of Germany, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Ghana.svg|The flag of Ghana, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Guatemala.svg|The flag of Guatemala, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Guinea.svg|The flag of Guinea, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Honduras.svg|The flag of Honduras, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Hungary.svg|The flag of Hungary, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of India.svg|The flag of India, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Iran.svg|The flag of Iran, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Iraq.svg|The flag of Iraq, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Ireland.svg|The flag of Ireland, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Italy.svg|The flag of Italy, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg|The flag of Ivory Coast, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Laos.svg|The flag of Laos, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Latvia.svg|The flag of Latvia, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Lebanon.svg|The flag of Lebanon, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Lesotho.svg|The flag of Lesotho, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Libya.svg|The flag of Libya, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Lithuania.svg|The flag of Lithuania, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg|The flag of Luxembourg, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Malawi.svg|The flag of Malawi, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Mali.svg|The flag of Mali, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Mauritania.svg|The flag of Mauritania, a charged horizontal triband. File:Maverique flag.svg|The maverique pride flag, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Mexico.svg|The flag of Mexico, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Moldova.svg|The flag of Moldova, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Mongolia.svg|The flag of Mongolia, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Myanmar.svg|The flag of Myanmar, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Nauru.svg|The flag of Nauru, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|The flag of the Netherlands, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg|The flag of Nicaragua, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Niger.svg|The flag of Niger, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Nigeria.svg|The flag of Nigeria, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of the UNIA.svg|The Pan-African flag, a simple horizontal triband. File:Pansexuality Pride Flag.svg|The pansexual flag, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Paraguay.svg|The flag of Paraguay, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Peru.svg|The Flag of Peru, a simple vertical triband. File:Polyamory Pride Flag.svg|The polyamory pride flag (original 1995 design by Jim Evans), a charged horizontal triband. File:Polysexuality Pride Flag.svg|The polysexual pride flag, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg|The flag of the Republic of the Congo, a simple diagonal triband. File:Flag of Romania.svg|The flag of Romania, a simple vertical triband. File:Flag of Russia.svg|The flag of Russia, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Rwanda.svg|The flag of Rwanda, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg|The flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Senegal.svg|The flag of Senegal, a charged vertical triband. File:Flag of Serbia.svg|The flag of Serbia, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg|The flag of Sierra Leone, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of Slovakia.svg|The flag of Slovakia, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Slovenia.svg|The flag of Slovenia, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Somaliland.svg|The flag of Somaliland, a charged horizontal triband. File:Bandera de España.svg|The flag of Spain, a charged horizontal triband. File:Statenvlag.svg|The Statenvlag, a simple horizontal triband. File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg|The flag of Syria (previously the flag of the Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad), a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg|The flag of Tajikistan, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Transnistria (state).svg|The flag of Transnistria, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg|The flag of Venezuela, a charged horizontal triband. File:Flag of Yemen.svg|The flag of Yemen, a simple horizontal triband. == See also ==