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I've been online forever looking for what the colors of Englands flag represent? Plz tell me! Also if you can show me a sight were it's true so I know it's not BS so I don't get in trouble at school. This dosn't have to be there. For Example:

Red means: blah blah blah
White means: Blah blah
Blue means: Blah Blah blah

Peple not to be mean but I need to know what the colors mean. What does Red mean? What does the white mean? This is my quesion.

O.K. got it flag as two colors the above was an example. I need to know what the COLORS represent. What do the COLORS.......RED and WHITE... stand for? Not the cross....The colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

I think you mean the Union flag, because England's flag is only a red cross.

"On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this personal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (a red cross with a white background, known as St George's Cross) and the flag of Scotland (a white saltire with a blue background, known as the Saltire or Saint Andrew's Cross) would be "joyned together according to the forme made by our heralds, and sent by Us to our Admerall to be published to our Subjects." ... The current Union Flag dates from 1 January 1801 with the Act of Union 1800, which merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The new design added the red saltire cross attributed to St Patrick for Ireland. This saltire is overlaid on the saltire of St Andrew, but still beneath the cross of St George. To make it clear Ireland was not superior to Scotland, the Irish cross was made thinner and half covered by the saltire of St Andrew. The arrangement has introduced a requirement to display the flag "the right way up"; see specifications for flag use, below. The red cross is thought to have come from the heraldic device of the Fitzgerald family who were sent by Henry II of England to aid Anglo-Norman rule in Ireland and has rarely been used as an emblem of Ireland by the Irish: a harp, a Celtic cross, a shamrock, or (since 1922) an Irish tricolour have been more common."

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The Flag of England
England's flag is the cross of St George, which is an upright dark-red cross on a white background.

The cross of St George can also be found in the flag of the United Kingdom, of which England is a part.

The flag of the United Kingdom is blue with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged in white superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) and which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); known as the Union Flag or Union Jack; the design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the basis for a number of other flags including other Commonwealth countries and their constituent states or provinces, as well as British overseas territories.

Answer 4

The Union Jack is the superposition of 3 separate flags - or is it 4. Each of the separate flags were either simple crosses, or X's with varying colors. A simple combination upon the creation of the "United" Kingdom.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George's_Cross

Answer 6

http://flagspot.net/flags/gb-hist.html

Answer 7

Does this help? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_flag if not just search http://www.wikipedia.org