Paint a country’s flag from memory, then reveal the reference and redraw the biggest difference.
The flag is in your head
Daily flag · shared at midnight UTC
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Remember the colors and arrangement. The answer stays hidden.
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Starter path · 0 of 3 reviewed
Learning reference · Assisted
Preparing the drawing tools…
Memory attempt
Your flag goes hereChoose a color, then drag a shape or brush. Fill paints the connected area you tap.
4:3 game illustration · white starting canvas
Hatched patches mark different colors or placement. Compare the reference below.
The flag committee has thoughts
0/100 game score
Layout 50% · right color, right place
Color mix 35% · amounts of the main colors
Edge detail 15% · borders between color regions
These compare pixels in this illustration. They do not recognize the meaning of an emblem.
Your drawing Game reference ·
Colors in this game reference
Tap a sampled color to select it for your next attempt. These are illustration colors, not official national specifications.
Drawings and scores stay in this browser. Sharing never uploads your painting.
Pick a comfortable starting point
Easy flags to draw: a three-flag starter path
Start with Japan’s disc, then Poland’s two halves, then France’s three stripes. Press Start easy · 3 flags above the tools for a reference and the exact drawing steps beside the canvas. Lessons count as Assisted practice. Reviewing a flag records progress, not mastery; you can repeat or jump between lessons.
How we choose drawing difficulty · editorial labels for this game’s illustrations
Easy
A few broad bands, blocks, one disc or one plain cross.
Japan, Poland and France. Try the starter path, then choose Easy in the country picker.
Medium
Several geometric shapes, simple symbols, angled blocks or bordered crosses.
Vietnam adds a star. Norway layers a bordered cross. Choose this level when basic blocks feel comfortable.
Hard
Detailed emblems, lettering, dense small symbols or a compound arrangement.
Spain has a coat of arms; the United Kingdom has overlapping crosses. Start with large regions before details.
These labels describe the drawing structure in the retained flag-icons reference set. They do not predict your memory, measure your ability or change the score. A familiar Hard flag may be easier to remember than an unfamiliar Easy one. Search, Region and Drawing difficulty work together; choosing a country keeps Region and Difficulty for Next flag.
Your first flag, step by step
How to draw a flag from memory
Try Japan for a first round. The walkthrough below shows an example, so it is a learning round rather than a test of untouched memory.
01 · Choose
Pick the country you want to try
Press the country name above the tools to open the picker.
Type Japan in Search countries. If you want, narrow the list with Region and Drawing difficulty. Clear filters resets all three fields.
Press Japan. The picker closes and Practice mode opens a white flag canvas. There is no answer thumbnail in the picker.
02 · Tools
Select a color, then a drawing tool
Tap the red paint swatch. A border marks the selected color. Custom lets you choose another shade.
Press Circle for Japan’s disc. Brush makes freehand marks; Rectangle makes flat blocks.
Size controls brush, eraser and line thickness. Circle, Rectangle, Triangle and Star sizes come from the distance you drag.
03 · Big blocks
Set the background before the symbols
The canvas starts white. Leave it white for this Japan example.
For a different background, choose its color, press Fill, then tap the blank canvas once.
Fill replaces the connected color area you tap. It does not fill every separate area of that color. For stripes, use Rectangle and drag each block from corner to opposite corner.
04 · Symbols
Drag the shape onto the flag
Put your finger or pointer above and left of the middle of the flag.
Press, hold and drag below and right of the middle. A square drag makes a round disc; a wide drag makes an oval.
Let go to finish. If it is wrong, press Undo. Redo puts it back. Eraser paints white over a mark; Clear returns the canvas to white and can also be undone.
Star and Triangle work the same way: drag a box around the shape you want. For a difficult flag, Outline guide shows color-region edges and labels your attempt Assisted.
05 · Compare
Reveal the reference and read the difference
Press Reveal & score below the canvas. The drawing is now locked so it cannot change under the score.
Difference shows hatched patches where color or position differs. Press Yours or Reference to see each image on the same canvas.
Read the suggested region under the verdict. In this illustrated example, the disc is too far left: move it toward the center on the next attempt.
Layout, Color mix and Edge detail describe different parts of the comparison. A good color mix alone does not mean the stripes are in the right order.
06 · Improve
Redraw one correction, then keep your result
Press Draw this flag again. The same country gets a fresh canvas. In normal practice the answer disappears; in starter lessons the recipe stays visible and the attempt stays Assisted.
Work on the biggest change first. After the next Reveal, Previous lets you see the older attempt, and the report shows your score change.
The sampled reference colors can select a paint for your next attempt. Copy result shares a score message and a link to the same flag. Download card saves your drawing and reference as a PNG on your device.
Next flag opens another country from your selected Region and Drawing difficulty. In starter lessons, Next lesson follows Japan → Poland → France, then opens the Easy picker. Switching countries or reloading restores an unfinished draft when browser storage is available.
A common flag drawing mistake
The right colors can still make the wrong flag
This illustrated France example uses the same amount of blue, white and red on both sides. Their order is different. Color mix can remain high while Layout drops.
Fix the order before perfecting the shade or adding small symbols. Use France practice to try broad vertical rectangles.
Know what you are comparing
How the flag drawing game score works
Both paintings are sampled onto a 160 × 120 grid. The score compares this site’s reference illustration, not artistic skill, political knowledge or an official flag construction sheet.
Flag score components · version 1.0
Component
Weight
What changes it
Layout
50%
Color at each position. A small two-grid-pixel neighborhood tolerates slight edge jitter. Reversed stripes and displaced discs still lose points. White regions count less than colored regions so a mostly white flag is not a shortcut.
Color mix
35%
Amounts of the main reference colors. Nearby shades are grouped. This part does not know where a color belongs; use Layout to check placement.
Edge detail
15%
Distances between color-region edges in both directions. It notices missing or moved boundaries, but does not identify an eagle, a crescent or the meaning of a symbol.
References are the locally retained flag-icons 4:3 illustrations, released under the MIT license. All 195 countries in the game use this shared frame. Some national flags have different official proportions; those legal ratios are outside this game’s scoring promise. Nepal keeps its two-pennant shape within the same frame.
The color-distance calculation uses Oklab, described in W3C CSS Color 4. The 50/35/15 weights and tolerances are this game’s rules, not a standard set by W3C. Tiny emblems and anti-aliased pixels may affect the result. Use the picture comparison alongside the number.
When something feels odd
Questions about drawing flags from memory
Why can’t I submit a completely white canvas?
White is the starting surface, not a finished attempt. Add a colored block or a symbol first. Even a mostly white flag needs its distinguishing mark. Erasing every colored mark returns the attempt to blank.
What happens if I use the outline guide?
The guide shows region edges without their colors. Once used, that attempt stays labeled Assisted even if you hide it. Assisted and Memory best scores are saved separately. A fresh retry starts a new memory attempt; seeing the previous answer still makes it a learning round.
Can I leave a half-painted flag and come back?
Yes, when local storage is available. Each country has its own latest draft. Reload or choose another country and return to restore it. Undo history is kept only during the current visit. If the browser blocks storage or runs out of space, a notice says progress cannot be saved; you can still play and download a result.
Why does Fill change only one region?
Fill spreads through the connected area around your tap. A line or another colored shape can separate areas. Tap each separate region, or use a rectangle for a clean stripe. Fill and Clear are different: Clear removes the whole painting, and Undo can restore it.
Does the site upload my flag or publish my score?
No. The drawing comparison and saved progress run in your browser. Copy uses your clipboard; Download creates a local file. Neither publishes a result. Clear saved flag progress asks for a second press and only removes flag-game records. Read the privacy policy for site analytics and browser storage.
What if a flag reference seems wrong or will not load?
A missing reference blocks scoring and offers Retry loading reference. If a design is outdated or looks wrong, send feedback with the country name and browser. The set is a game illustration collection and is not presented as an official national flag registry.
Want to test the outline as well?
Switch from colors and symbols to the shape of the country.