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Black
  - Bosniac Mujaheddins at Podbrezje (Corriere della Sera 23-JUL-1995)
    Giuseppe Bottasini 9 August 1995
   - Must call in at pit, in motor racing
    Giuseppe Bottasini August 1995
   - Anarchist groups, traditionally topped with a green knit cap representing
    liberty
    Steven A. Sharff, 11 January 1999
 
White
  - Surrender
    Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
   - Calm sea (on Italian beaches)
    Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
   - Ambulance or other official vehicle on
    track, in motor racing
    Giuseppe Bottasini 11 August 1995
   - Taliban Movement in Afghanistan
    Rob Raeside 07 March 1998
   - French ensign of the Bourbon era
    Elias Granqvist, 08 July 2000
   - In auto racing: last lap
    Steven F. Scharff, 12 June 2003
   - Troops advancing under a flag of truce
    Steven F. Scharff, 12 June 2003
   - Afghanistan 1996-1997
    Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
 
Red
  - Very rough sea (on Italian beaches)
    Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
   - Qatar, one of the Gulf States
    James Dignan 10 August 1995
   - Race must stop, in motor racing
    Giuseppe Bottasini 11 August 1995
   - A swallowtailed red flag is part of
    international shipping code indicating that the ship flying it is carrying
    explosives.
    James Dignan 22 August 1995
   - The Swiss canton of Schwyz used a plain red flag until about 1600. Since
    that time, it has used a red flag with a white cross in the canton.
    James Dignan 18 September 1995
   - Zanzibar, pre 1963
    Stuart Notholt 29 June 1995
   - used by Communist and Socialist groups
    Steven F. Scharff, 11 January 1999
   - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman until 1970
    Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
   - Thailand ca.1656-1782
    Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
   - Fujairah 1902-1975
    Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
   - Red flag as used in East Germany 1945-1990
    Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
   - Captain General of a Military Region 1929-1930
    (Spain)
    Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
 
Yellow
  - Rough sea (on Italian beaches)
    Giuseppe Bottasini 09 August 1995
   - Quarantine purposes (the letter Q in the
    international shipping code
    James Dignan 10 August 1995
   - Caution, danger ahead, in motor racing
    Giuseppe Bottasini 11 August 1995
   - Mamluks Flag (historical flag, Lebanon)
    Santiago Dotor, 22 September 2005
 
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Blue
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