Monaco vs Poland
Monaco is red over white at 4:5. Poland is white over red at 5:8. Indonesia is the longer plain red-over-white at 2:3. Flip the colors and you have left the Monaco family for Poland.
- Proportion
- 4:5
- Adopted
- 1881
Colors
- Red #CE1126
- White #FFFFFF
- Proportion
- 5:8
- Adopted
- 1919
Colors
- White #FFFFFF
- Crimson Red #D4213D
Look foron Monaco
Look foron Poland
- Red on top, white belowWhite on top, red below
- Legal ratio 4:5Legal ratio 5:8
- Standardized April 4, 1881National bicolor August 1, 1919
Which flag is Monaco?
The Missing Flip in the Red-and-White Family
Monaco's flag is red over white at 4:5, from the Grimaldi arms, standardized on April 4, 1881. Indonesia uses the same color order at 2:3. Those two already have a compare page. This page is the other hole: Monaco against Poland.
Poland is white over red, equal bands, at 5:8. The catalog dates the national bicolor to August 1, 1919. The plain bicolor is the national flag; the white eagle is for state and maritime use. Indonesia versus Poland is the other published flip.
Red on top, nearly square: Monaco. White on top: Poland. Red on top and clearly longer: Indonesia.
Telling them apart
- Monaco 4:5, red over white.
- Poland 5:8, white over red.
- Indonesia 2:3, red over white, no charge.
Questions
Is this the same as Indonesia vs Poland?
Indonesia and Poland are the long red-over-white against white-over-red. Monaco is the short red-over-white. All three stay in one family of pages.
More lookalikes
Monaco vs Indonesia
Monaco is miniature and squarish (4:5); Indonesia is island-wide (longer 2:3 rectangle).
Indonesia vs Poland
Indonesia is red on top; Poland puts white on top, like the White Eagle.
Singapore vs Indonesia
Crescent and stars are Singapore; a plain red-over-white is Indonesia.
Chad vs Romania
Chad has the darker, deeper indigo blue; Romania uses brighter royal cobalt.