my friend says that there was once the colour black in the union jack?

Answer 1

i believe you are looking for the answer there ain't no black in the union jack

Answer 2

Are you looking for this?

"This image by Tibor Kalman, entitled 'There ain't no black in the Union Jack', was published in the 1990s in 'Colors', a magazine sponsored by the clothing manufacturer Benetton. It playfully imagines a rainbow Britain that is multicultural and multi-colour. (Image: Colors Magazine/Race issue/Tibor Kalman)"

Or for this?

"Colour of the flag

According to my old stand-by, Colours of the Fleet, the blue was darkened in 1869 when the Admiralty standardised the naval Union Flag at 1:2, with a narrower St Patrick's saltire. No explanation is given for the dark blue, but I'd speculate that the Admiralty chose the darkest possible shade of blue so that the colour would not fade away before the flag needed replacing.
David Prothero, 23 March 1998

If you look at Perrin's British Flags you will see that the original 1606/1707 flag had a pale blue field while the 1801 flag has a darker blue field. One of the reasons is probably that the flag is defined as having an "azure" field and in recent British heraldic tradition this has been interpreted as a mid to dark blue. In our modern Pantone-regulated world we differentiate between many different shades of colour, but hundreds of years ago we didn't. I think there is something in David's idea that a darker blue was chosen so that the flags had to be replaced for fading less often.
Graham Bartram, 23 March 1998

Naval flags were changed in 1908 when the Admiralty decided that the blue in Union Flags and Ensigns should be the same shade of blue as that selected by King Edward VII for the Royal Standard. This was known as pattern 74 'Royal Blue', and replaced pattern 63 "Dark Blue". Pattern 63 was still used for signal flags and for the flags of countries such as Russia and Norway. The other two shades in use were: Pattern 61 'Azure'; Cuba and Ecuador were given as examples, and Pattern 61A 'Intermediate' which was a bright blue for Italy and Sweden. Source: Public Records Office ADM 116/1072.
David Prothero, 25 August 1998

The Pantone colours (186 for the red and 280 for blue) are the official ones for the Union Flag and all UK derivatives (Bartram 2004). I know they are quite dark, but then so are the Union Flags that follow the official specification. The red also has quite a large blue component and even has some black. The CMYK values are C0 M91 Y76 K6. The dark blue is C100 M72 Y0 K18.5
Graham Bartram, 19 December 1999

Union Jacks are occasionally sighted in other combinations of colours. The design is very distinctive and its use in other colour combinations has been adopted by some football (soccer) team supporters. In particular black and white union jack flags are used by Newcastle United(?) fans. Black and yellow might be used by supporters of Wolves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) of possibly Watford.
James Dignan, 15 April 2004"

Answer 3

The Black Union Jack, was taken up by Anonymous of the British people and show s support to all Anonymous Members around the world to seek the information Anonymouse have requested. ie: names,address, loctation and electronic computer codes. It is not an insult to our fallen or armed force as it is not upside down.. An upside down Union Jack can only be flown at sea in times of distress, if it is flown upside down on land it maybe because the person flying it does not know the meaning of it.

Answer 4

No there wasnt as the three flags that make the Union Flag ( it's not the Union Jack its the Union flag the Jack is the Jack staff on which it is flown) do not have black in them

Answer 5

For the history of the Union Jack, see this URL:

Answer 6

Was your friend on a boat, its only a jack if it on a boat. Other than that its a union flag.

Answer 7

True. It outlined the cross that represented Scotland. I'm not positive, but I think it is still the regimental flag of the Blackwatch.(also know as the Sweet Ladies from Hell - kilts, you know)

Answer 8

i didnt know colors have such long interesting numbers as
C 100 YJK.14
i didnt lurn dat in skool nossir
surely dark blue would have a different number to black and
so not the color referred to in above q?
anyway i like the q, it rhymes

Answer 9

Only for the colour-blind.

Answer 10

vote BNP