To address some common comments: 1: You copied CPG Grey. Not intentionally. These "rules" have been around for much longer than he or I have been making videos about them. 2: These are not rules. Technically, yes, they are not. However, they are standard design principals that should at least be acknowledged when looking to design a flag. 3: Your Voice. Deepest apologies for not being Morgan Freeman or David Attenborough.

@hell594

21 күн бұрын

Why are people mad about your voice? It's really soothing to hear especially after scrolling mindlessly for sometime.

@ariannaxk

21 күн бұрын

i love your voice wdym

@yossirafa100

21 күн бұрын

About No 2 - The rules you stated aren't really principles either, not globally agreed apon at least. It was written by some dude in his book and ever since Grey guy found it people just believed it to be true/ guidelines. A good flag is a flag people can get behind, it can have anything in it! Great flag though 👌

@CoraCreates

21 күн бұрын

I mean I have no problems with your voice, it just comes off as a little strained, I guess?

@rufflechips1080

20 күн бұрын

your voice is so calming to me

Every one of these rules are broken by real world flags. Sounds like there are not rules.

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

“The code is more what you'd call ‘guidelines’ than actual rules.” - Barbossa

@LrackSmerig

29 күн бұрын

Basically flags have to be appealing to be considered a good flag, so a design is able to supersede these rules as long as it is easily recognizable. Like they said above they are more guidelines than rules.

@nromk

28 күн бұрын

Sounds more like a list for criticism of flags and less like official rules because it turns out you're not going to get every country on earth to agree to rules about flags, but it turns out flag nerds have a list about what makes a good flag, a good flag, these are the rules in question, they're more like grammar rules and less like official flag rules. Flag nerds are trying to set out the language of flags!

@randomperson5289

25 күн бұрын

All rules have exceptions that make the rule

@theforestofoak

25 күн бұрын

it's rules (or guidelines) to make a good flag. my dad is forever redesigning flags that break these rules, it's a bit of a hobby

"Flags should be so simple a child should be able to draw them" Meanwhile 🇲🇿🇪🇬🇦🇸🇦🇫🇧🇹🇫🇯🇫🇰🇮🇴🇻🇮🇻🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇲🇽🇱🇰🇦🇨:

@pixelvanila

20 күн бұрын

In México as a kid you only scratch above a coin, it has the eagle with the snake xD

@abriume

20 күн бұрын

You forgot canada

@Zoe-hc8sn

19 күн бұрын

as much as i love our welsh flag, that dragon has been the bane of my existence

@Chewsonrock

17 күн бұрын

They all break the rules

@Chewsonrock

17 күн бұрын

@@abriumewdym

CGP Grey would be proud

@girlcatlove5869

26 күн бұрын

my thoughts exactly

@Ilovetulinspower23

25 күн бұрын

​@@girlcatlove5869same

@oskarasbiliunas7532

25 күн бұрын

@@girlcatlove5869YYYEEESSS SAMEEE

@XbunieXx2

24 күн бұрын

y e s

@Smollchanel

24 күн бұрын

Ye😂

“If your flag resembles others it should have distinct features.” Poland, Indonesia, and Monaco laughing in the corner (Btw nice flag you made, keep up the good work)

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

Maybe their flags were a big group project. 😂 Thank you!

@1vx1x3

27 күн бұрын

Don't forget romania and chad

@erner_wisal

26 күн бұрын

Imo, it is hard to confuse Indonesia/Monaco for Poland

@Space0fox

25 күн бұрын

​@@erner_wisal 1. most of Americans are "idc, just flag duck yeah USA rules ONLY WHITE RED BLUE AMERICAAAA" 2. You might be suprise how many times our goverment or etc have wrong flag during meeting with different countries... 3. There is something called Polandball, which many, MANY PEOPLE think show our true flag OR they just think its soooooo funny and they are masters of comedy when they change Poland and Indonesia flags. 4. We as well were teach in schools most flags in the world and many of us know the difference between Monaco and Indonesia.

@robixbsp1849

24 күн бұрын

Używajcie mózgów Amerykanie.

"child can draw it from memory" the Sri Lanka lion:

@PollyHoade

20 күн бұрын

Welsh children are there with you whilst trying so hard to draw the dragon for eisteddfod

@scuffednonsense

20 күн бұрын

the flag of Bhutan 🇧🇹 and wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 lol

@anaknifamtayo8517

14 күн бұрын

Belize Flag:

@tiiapelkonen

12 күн бұрын

🇧🇿🇦🇮🇧🇹🇧🇱🇰🇾🇱🇰🇵🇲🇵🇳🇻🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@Fiddlishkaba

12 күн бұрын

hear me out 🇪🇸

The Nicaragua flag breaks EVERY SINGLE RULE (Edit) almost I'm sure it has some symbolism

@mildlydispleased3221

24 күн бұрын

Nicaragua and El Salvador are often confused.

@aceman0000099

22 күн бұрын

🇦🇷🇬🇹🇭🇳🇳🇮

@CoolestBattleForDreamIslandFan

21 күн бұрын

🇦🇪

@TitanSpeakerman529

16 күн бұрын

🇳🇮?

@arlenepace3104

15 күн бұрын

"Unique" Not really...

First rule of vexillology is break all the rules of vexillology.

@EmperorJosephII60

18 күн бұрын

Honestly, these rules are so overused. It’s really hard to meet all of them and even if you do, it’s hard to keep your flag, unique if everyone else is following the same rules. Just because some guy from the NAVS says that a flag should look a certain way to be appealing, doesn’t necessarily make them rules. Saying a flag is bad just because it looks funny. Doesn’t necessarily make it bad, a lot of flags look that way because of the symbolism and the history behind it. (Unless of course we’re talking about the Liberian county flags).

@Purpledictatorlinguistic

16 күн бұрын

Ye

do you happen to enjoy cgp grey??

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

I haven't seen his videos, but based on other comments it seems he deals with flags lol

@Wolfram_Petanu

25 күн бұрын

​​@@Tachaora not quite. he just has a (i think it's like the second) video where he ranks US state flags, in this video he states pretty much all the same rules in the same order as you did. so his fans (myself included) associate that list with his video, because that's the only other place they've heard it be used. i do recommend watching his videos btw. he's kinda like Vsauce, only less abstract. (also, your flag is very cool :3)

@nickyheart

24 күн бұрын

​@@Wolfram_Petanu :3 :3 :3 :3 :3

@A9.9.

24 күн бұрын

​​@@TachaoraIn his rating us state flags video he rates each us state flag on a tier list using these exact rules almost verbatim.

@Sacroooooooooooooooooooooooooo

24 күн бұрын

@@Tachaora He uses the exact same flag rules - basically word for word.

“It must not be similar” _Quietly looks between Qatar and Bahrain_

@Theonewhoidiots

27 күн бұрын

*glances at Chad and Romania nervously*

@Gyl_.

26 күн бұрын

Romania and Chad:

@boi7506

26 күн бұрын

*Indonesia and Monaco* :

@milkee_mocha

26 күн бұрын

Indonesia and Poland:

@Thetinykitty

26 күн бұрын

I live in Qatar and we have 9 spikes and maroon Bahrain has less spikes and is red it’s genuinely easy to tell the difference.. as for chad and Romania the only difference is a slightly darker flag..

You didn't break this rule but you forgot to mention it. the rule of tincture. there are two groups. dyes, which consist of red, blue, green, black, and purple, and metals consisting of gold/yellow and silver/white. a dye cannot touch another dye and a metal cannot touch another metal.

@veronicaravello-arceo

23 күн бұрын

Legitimate question, how does one follow this rule exactly? I’m trying to figure it out here. Like even with the American flag, where you’ve got your red and white stripes, which is a dye and a metal being alternated, you still have red stripes touching the blue field of stars. With blue and red being dyes, they still technically touch. I bring up the American flag because it was one that came to kind where it does it’s best to follow that rule while being distinctive, but it doesn’t totally follow it perfectly. Makes me wonder what flags do follow it; simply because I’m curious how they did it.

@CrunkusGlunkus

23 күн бұрын

@@veronicaravello-arceo well this rule was mostly used for tri colors but in the modern day it's best to just have atleast one metal on your flag. the reason tincture exists is so you can recognize your flag in the dark so having atleast one metal should do the trick as those are the colors that are majorly visible.

@RepublicOfChebokstan

23 күн бұрын

This is not true. The rule of tinctures is made for Heraldry (such as coats of arms) it is NOT a rule for flags. The reason one might believe this is because many european flags are designed after coats of arms of thier royal family and thus, since the coat of arms follows the tincture rules, so will the flag. Most flags that follow the tincture rule are based on coats of arms. The US flag doesn't follow this rule because 1- it is not based off of a coat of arms and 2- because the rule of tinctures does not apply to flags. Thank you for coming to my ted talk

@veronicaravello-arceo

23 күн бұрын

@@RepublicOfChebokstan that makes more sense now. Otherwise it would’ve seemed like that rule wasn’t a thing everywhere in the world.

@CrunkusGlunkus

22 күн бұрын

@@RepublicOfChebokstan oh. sorry abt that. i didn't know. i saw a video on tincture and they didn't mention that.

These aren't rules. They are merely guidelines. They are absolutely meant to be broken.

@grzegorznowak3313

21 күн бұрын

my guy

@EmperorJosephII60

18 күн бұрын

True, I don’t know why the NAVS design recommendations (that are called the rules for simplicity) have been taken by everybody and used as a guideline to tell whether or not a flag is good.

@nutronstar45

8 күн бұрын

they are meant to be broken _only if_ it's beneficial to break them

I love it and hate it. I love it because it’s great, and hate it because I want to live in that world but can’t 😭

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

I know the feeling!

As a self taught flag designer i believe that instead of being simple enough it should be so unique that a child could draw it and it be recognisable

Given that real world flags break the good flag bad flag rules, It makes sense to design fantasy flags to also break them, If you are going for a realistic-esque setting

@Sam-lc1fj

10 күн бұрын

I mean you can if you really want to but most real world flags abide by it and the rules exist for good reasons. there are some rule violations that work but you’ll be better off deliberately following the rules rather than deliberately violating them

@flyingsquirrell6953

6 күн бұрын

Most medieval flags are based off of heraldry so all of them break these rules

@flyingsquirrell6953

6 күн бұрын

@@Sam-lc1fj The main thing is to make it recognizable, I mean the Chinese Republican flag of 1911 has like 7 colors and looks like a pride flag from Ohio. But it’s very recognizable and meaningful. Especially since its colors represent unity between all of the major ethnicities of China.

@Sam-lc1fj

6 күн бұрын

@@flyingsquirrell6953 that’s true and I suppose the rules you follow would be different depending on what purposes/context you’re making it for (like a medieval one). but if youre making a fictional national flag and you don’t have a clear image in mind already of what you want it to look like, I think someone would be best off turning to the rules as guidelines

🇶🇦🇧🇭 these two failed the assignment

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

They certainly are similar!

@Espadacortadecobre

24 күн бұрын

cgp grey reference?

@El_tortugoDEV

24 күн бұрын

🇻🇪🇪🇨🇨🇴 and these

@Azoz-ps1ct

24 күн бұрын

Chad:🇹🇩 Romania:🇷🇴 Indonesia:🇮🇩 Monaco:🇲🇨 You can search it in google

@LevitationMaster

24 күн бұрын

🇮🇩 🇲🇨 🇵🇱

Flags with text: Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Haiti, Belize, Spain… Complex flags: Turkmenistan, Swaziland, Belarus, Mexico, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan… Similar flags: Chad, Rumania, Monaco, Indonesia, some Slavic countries… Flags with two colours: Canada, Finland, Greece… Flags with 7 colours: Croatia, Dominica, Haiti…

@gawkofoogl3739

24 күн бұрын

This is why these a generally considered guidelines instead of hard rules. The reason they're in place is to make it recognizable at a distance and look good. This means it can break the "rules" as long as it achieves these main purposes. This includes stylizing words or not making it overbearing or not using it to replace symbolism. Of course, as you shown these are guidelines that can be mearly suggestions, but also some of these flags can benefit from change and also following these guidelines.

@iFlashScarlet

22 күн бұрын

Brazil, we have text too in our flag

@syan2240

21 күн бұрын

Complex flags: wales has a fucking dragon

@crazycyber1263

19 күн бұрын

@@syan2240 one of the hardest flags ever

@syan2240

18 күн бұрын

@@crazycyber1263 true

it's important to remember that there are great flags that break these rules

“Be simple” Wales: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@craigwolfe249

22 күн бұрын

The best flag in the world by far!

@Gruff_1

22 күн бұрын

@@craigwolfe249 completely agree!

hmm sounds almost exactly the same at the rules i heard on greys channel lol

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

They are standard design rules for flags, so if he covers flags then I'm sure he's talked about them.

@dolphinboy22

19 күн бұрын

grey didn't make those rules lol those are very common vexillological rules

@EmperorJosephII60

18 күн бұрын

Yeah, NAVS did, or at least simplified them down to what everybody now uses.

THE MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND IS GIVING ME FLASHBACKS TO THAT ONE MERMAID LIFE ROBLOX GAME OMGG

@jp_eight3

22 күн бұрын

its by Adrian Von Ziegler… i recognized it immediately

@boydoilikecheerios

22 күн бұрын

BROOO IKR FOR ME IT WAS KINGDOM LIFE 2!!!! ACTIVATED A SLEEPER AGENT IN MY BRAIN FR

The five rules 1. No words 2. 3 or less colors 3. Keep it basic 4. Keep it original 5. Use symbols

@iFlashScarlet

22 күн бұрын

oh yeah, who established those rules?? ONU ? Aliens?? Shut up, more than 50% of the flags dont follow any of those thing u guys just established for no reason

@DAC737

18 күн бұрын

Nicaragua: im just gonna pretend I didn't see that

It would be way cooler tho if there were more flags like venetia or sri lanka, you can certainly tell who‘s who at a distance too

Mexico has one of the best designed flags imo, symbolizing our ancestors & what made us a modern unique nation

@Equinox0709

19 күн бұрын

True as fuck

I love things like this 😊 world building is so cool

I love the entire concept of your channel, i look forward to seeing more videos on tachaora

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

ooo thats honestly looks so sweet, pretty good flag for world building

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Also, make sure you use compatible collors. Tip: yellow and light green dont go very well togother :D

Personally I’d add another couple rules, you should be able to accurately draw it with a ruler and compass, and it should still be recognisable when the details are compressed down into basic shapes (like brazils flag is still recognisable as just a rectangle, diamond, and circle)

I remember for an assignment in world history we were simulating ww2 using fake countries and we had to design our own flags. My group designed a flag with 3 horizontal striped representing the sky, the mountains, and the fields of our country. Our fake country was based on Britain from what I remember.

A few months ago, I started making a fantasy world in my head, so discovering your videos was a really big help and inspiration to me. Keep up the good work

“Every flag should be able to be drawn from memory by children” BROTHER WHOSE DRAWING LIKE- 56 STARS FOR AN AMERICAN FLAG.

@jp_eight3

22 күн бұрын

on a proper scale, those stars become dots quite easily

this gives me inspiration to make a flag breaking every single rule judging as every single rule has already been broken individually except maybe colours meaning something usually even the 3 line or 2 line flags have reasons for the specific colours

I see so many repeated comments, but I just love the vibe, and I've been thinking about making a pirate flag, so it was helpful timing to get this on my fyp! Thank you

This is one of the best flags I've ever seen. How haven't we seen a flag in real life with the color combination of yellow-green-blue??

As someone who comes from Brazil which, breaks a lot of the rules, I love the simplicity and straightforwardness of this flag. Great job!

Personally, i think all the best flags break at least one of these rules.

learned about this my first year of art school and it was rly interesting that a majority of flags break these rules, we were assigned to redesign a flag and most of the results were better than the og lol

@Equinox0709

19 күн бұрын

What flags, of the US?

The moment of him painting the FRAME of flag had me getting mini heart attack, because it seemed like he's gonna paint one famous "symbol"

"The flag should be simple enough a child can draw it from memory" gave me flashbacks to being a kid doing my Canadian history homework and having to draw that friggin' leaf 🤣

Every day i wake up and make a flag that disrespects good flag bad flag

WOOOOO!!! Let’s gooo!!! I love it so much!!!

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

Thanks! 😊

Literally any flag with a tower on it breaks the second rule.

One more thing, depending on the environment, like what plant dyes are available, make the flags colors based off that. Kinda like how not many flags use purple because it was hard to get until chemicals. This is because I’m assuming this is a medieval sort of technological state in this fantasy world

Not me thinking that tachaora Tuesday was a fun way to say taco Tuesday 😂

I like that you have different thumbnails testing the colors togther

they're not rules, they're guidelines

@crazycyber1263

19 күн бұрын

ok barbossa

That looks beautiful.

I like this flag, but with the very fantastical world of Tachaora, I would've loved to see some more aspects of medieval heraldry in this

My favorite desing of a flag has quite the backstory. The Puriklan Empire's flag is a simple red backgroud with 12 golden claw marks assembled in a cercle around the middle, the story goes that a king, who was losing à war, escaped his opponent whilst gripping on the flag of their country so tight, his claws tore through the fabric, but when his advisor proposed to repair the flag, the king refused, saying these scar on the flag represented the people's resilience, that despite the holes, they still held together, since then, and after they took back their Land, the flags have allways wore scratches, though in contamporary days, they are figurative.

Sheldon be like" There are rules for flags."

That flag is beautiful! ❤️

Wow, seems like some flags don't break those rules 😮

Very good but grey isn’t often used on flags. I’d recommend making the outside of the lemon thing white and the inside any color of your choice

Look up the flag of Milwaukee

@Tachaora

Ай бұрын

It's truly an abomination. 😂 I much prefer The Peoples Flag.

Im obsessed now thanks

This helps! Thanks!

There are flags so intricate that I can't draw them, I'm a teenager

Ngl having a picture of a flag on a flag is something I'd do

"the flag must be easy to draw" Mean while Turkmenistan: 🙃

idk about you but tring to draw the welsh dragon as a kid was HARD AF

The way these rules had me flashing back to GCP grey

Without the black part and the fruit , this is just the sudanese flag that was raised after gaining independence from Britain (except the blue represents the nile), sudanese people still use it to this day, although its not the offical flag anymore (this one is🇸🇩).

@bilbloblep6769

20 күн бұрын

Hey I see you peeking! Keep on reading if you're interested, the new sudanese flag represents many true qualities that resonate with sudanese people aswell , green representing the agriculture and peace, white representing purity, black representing our belonging to our heritage and continent (africa), and red, representing the blood of our warriors, and currently interpreted as the blood of the innocent sudanese civilians that is being shed daily for more than a year since the beginning of the war, please spread the mews and educate the masses , and donate if you can, so that my people might see the end of this terror.

@Equinox0709

19 күн бұрын

​​@@bilbloblep6769read it, and your checky huh ;)

Fun fact, every single vexillological rule is broken by at least one flag in the world, but usually more

I am now inspired to create flags.

"touch of aura"😂

Important point: if you want to design a realistic pre-modern flag, break every single one of those rules

Honestly I didn't expect you to draw an actual flag instead of making it a flag

People are starting to move on from the "a 5 year old should be able to draw it from memory" rule and making more intricate pretty designs. That rule can be broken and still look amazing if you know what you're doing.

why does bro sound like he's on the verge of tears

The flag looks nice I design flags as apart of one of my many hobbies, I can tell you I’ve broken these rules a few times but technically these rules don’t really apply it just matters if the flag looks good and represents what it’s supposed to represent

Reminds me of when I had to draw and colour in the Sri Lankan flag for a grade 2 art project... good thing i liked art

One thing Ive heard is alternating between color luminocity/brightness Like france ,india ,mexico ,and Italy . Or at least have distinct colors . For exaple puting royal blue and purple next to echother wouldn't be the best idea

White square at left top, white square at bottom right interconnected blue field in middle bottom left and top right with golden hexagram stars int each white field

Awesome :0

I like it!

It would have been so funny if the flag design was a flag on a flag

He sounds like he’s about to cry 😭😭😭

@kbro30TV

12 күн бұрын

Ong

I legit thought you were gonna say “there are rules on making tea”

@Equinox0709

19 күн бұрын

Same

I mean, you can put as many intricate details as you want, as long as there’s enough distinct elements visible at a distance. You could put different patterns in every star on the us flag, and it wouldn’t change the readability at a distance cause no other flags look like that

I seriously love his voice so much

I feel like these are suggestions for "easily" make good looking flags, but not something that if a flag doesnt follow then its bad. For example, nobody hates on the brazil flag, but it has words. What about the south african flag? It's pretty popular, but it has 6 colors instead of the suggested 3. What about all of the tricolor flags in europe or other parts of the world? They don't have symbols and many of them can be confused with each other, but does anyone call them bad?. And yes, not all flags are good, most USA state flags are hated and they dont follow these rules and they could be improved by following these suggestions, but that doesn't mean all flags have to follow them.

FOR EVERYONE: These are the rules he wants to follow, AND he also says that flags DO break these sometimes just chill and let him draw his flags

Nice Job on the flag! I am curious about the resources that were used to make the dyes of the flag in the world setting

These are suggestions and many are broken by real world countries, but ussually its good to keep these rules in mind.

First rule Add on is that languages may not recognize what the text is. And there are always minor exception such as companies, however they need to blend in. Regardless, I love the fact that I see more people using actual rules of flag making.

I need to remake my flag for my sci-fi story and make a bunch more.

" A child can draw it " I haven't seen one kid be able to draw the canadian flag, the maple leaf always looks really scary

@Equinox0709

19 күн бұрын

Screw kids

Something I’ve noticed personally is that many flags (although there are many exceptions) tend to rely heavily on the rule of thirds, whether vertically, horizontally, or both. Another connection I’m just making now is that this use of the rule of thirds is more common in European or European colonized countries, so perhaps if a country you’re making has it’s culture more based on those of East Asian countries you could reflect that in their flag by giving it a more unique (relative to the rule of thirds anyway) flag design. Another common element in flags are crosses (and “x’s” but they are referred to as crosses anyway), although typically these crosses are based after a saint of some kind, which you could use as an anchor point for when you get to fleshing out the culture and histories of these countries. Lastly, for especially large countries or countries where you already know there’s going to be some kind of regional conflict like a civil war, you could foreshadow that using the flag by taking inspiration from the Union Jack 🇬🇧 , which combines the flags of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, and St Patrick’s Cross (the flag of Ireland a long time ago, it’s a red slanted cross), which of course are the three kingdoms that united to form Great Britain. Perhaps that can help spark inspiration

These are rules to GOOD flags, some designs are trash, others are so good they can skip a few rules

Maryland really said “screw simple” 😅

Sheldon Cooper ~ presents ~ ✨FUN✨ with flags

If it’s medieval I feel like there should be interesting seals and words. If it’s meant to be heraldry of a magical medieval kingdom it should be wacky

Love how all the rules are broken irl.. *How many countries use white. Red and blue as their primary colors fro flags (and vertical/horizontal stripes alignment)*

Gabon called and said they liked the flag!

And temember, if you're making a fantasy world with multiple countries, color can indicate relationships with other countries. When we thing of red white and blue, we think of very northern countries in north anerica and europe- while red yellow and green make us think of southern ones in south america and africa.

That's a nice flag

Kinda looks like the old sudanese flag whoch symbolizes "the nile flooded the desert, then it was green"

gotta love the cgp grey references

I once had an assignment in history class where we designed a concept for a flag of Texas after getting independence. I drew a star shaped flag with an armadillo in the center with some trumpets or horns coming from the middle of the armadillo which was in a ball.