Photo: Czech Republic Flag

The blue, white and red colors of the flag of the Czech Republic are very striking.

The originality of a European flag came about from the former royal coat of arms but the coat of arms were not very distinguishable from far away. Eventually, the flag for the Czech Republic was altered to bars of horizontal colors which followed the traditional coat of arms.The kings from the Czech Republic then flew a standard colored flag of a bar of white on red which stood for the white lion on a red field. After the first World War a new flag was under discussion and a blue triangle was added. These were the standard colors recognized as customary Slavic colors and so each flag from Russia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Sloventia, Croatia, Serbia and ex-Yugoslavia all used the same colors in their flags.The flag of the Czech Republic has changed at various times and most of the stories that follow the tale of the flag are myths. Nobody truly knows what the actual colors of the Czech Republic flag stand for but we definitely know the bi-colored triangle flag is something that can be recognized with ease. ... continue below the picture...

... This Czech Republic flag is on display at the Ministry of Work in the downtown core of Prague in Europe.Czech Flag at the Ministry of Work in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Europe.