Look-alike flags

Pan-Slavic tricolours

White, blue and red horizontal stripes, taken from Russia's flag in the 19th century. Watch the stripe order and the coat of arms.

• Russia

  How to tell: White–blue–red, plain.

• Slovakia

  How to tell: White–blue–red with a red shield (white double cross on blue hills) towards the hoist.

• Slovenia

  How to tell: White–blue–red with a small blue shield (white mountain, three gold stars) in the upper hoist.

• Serbia

  How to tell: Red–blue–white: red on top, with a double-headed white eagle.

• Croatia

  How to tell: Red–white–blue: red on top, with a red-and-white chequered shield in the centre.

Pick the right country. The detail that gives it away appears after each answer.

• Pan-Arab colours
• Red, white and black tricolours
• Gran Colombia tricolours
• Blue–white–blue flags
• Red, white and blue stripes
• Nordic crosses
• Red and white halves
• Blue, yellow and red verticals
• Green, white and red or orange
• Pan-African vertical tricolours
• Red, yellow and green horizontals
• Red–white–red
• Red, white and green horizontals
• Black, red and gold
• Union Jack and Southern Cross
• Stars and stripes
• A disc on a plain field
• Red crescent flags
• Serrated white bands
• Blue over red

Flags: flag-icons (MIT). Country data: world-countries (ODbL), World Bank (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).