Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
Three equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then red.
- Name in the quiz
- Italy
- UN member state name
- Italy
- ISO 3166-1 code
- IT
- Atlas Play pack
- Europe (starter pack), Look-alikes: upright tricolours
Easily confused with
FranceFrance: blue at the hoist. Italy: green at the hoist.
HungaryHungary: flat bands, red on top. Italy: upright bands, green at the hoist.
IrelandItaly ends in red. Ireland ends in orange.
MexicoItaly: plain white middle. Mexico: an eagle on a cactus in the middle, and a darker green.
NigeriaNigeria: green on both sides. Italy: red at the fly.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Italy (A vertical tricolour of green, white and red; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/it.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 c64d9fee6d00…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.