Triband (flag)

Outside of the name, which requires three bands of color, there are no other requirements for what a triband must look like, and as such there are many flags which look very different from each other but are all considered tribands.

Some triband flags, such as those of Croatia and Ghana, have their stripes positioned horizontally, while others such as that of Italy position the stripes vertically. Often the stripes on a triband are of equal length and width, though this it 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 and Lebanon.

A triband is also a tricolor if the three stripes which constitute the flag are all different colors, rather than two being the same color. Examples of tricolor flags include those of the Netherlands and France.

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  The flag of Austria, a simple horizontal triband.
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  The flag of El Salvador, a charged horizontal triband.
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  The flag of Estonia, a simple horizontal triband.
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  The flag of Latvia, a simple horizontal triband.
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  The flag of Lithuania, a simple horizontal triband.
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  The flag of Nigeria, a simple vertical triband.
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  The state flag of Peru, a charged vertical triband.
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  The flag of Sierra Leone, a simple horizontal tricolor.
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  The flag of India, a charged horizontal tricolor.
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  The flag of Ireland, a simple vertical tricolor.
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  The flag of Mexico, a charged vertical tricolor.

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