Timeline for Why do central European nations use the color black as their national colors?
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| Oct 19, 2016 at 9:12 | comment | added | Matt | Russian Empire also had Black-Yellow-White flag for some time. Again, just like in case of German flag, the black color is a symbol of an imperial "black eagle". Though Russian "black eagle" decends from Byzantine empire, not from HRE. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 8:50 | comment | added | Carsten S | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_flag_referendums,_2015–16 | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 17:29 | comment | added | ksiimson | @Medi1Saif Estonia from that list has historically had strong German community, after the crusades at least, and was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire (Terra Mariana, flag was white with black cross on it), and later part of the Hanseatic League. There was also a famous organization called Brotherhood of Blackheads. I'm no history expert, but if it helps... | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 11:17 | comment | added | Relaxed | @nvoigt Also, there is of course absolutely no association between nazi ideology and the current flag or its use of yellow, quite the opposite! | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 11:16 | comment | added | MCW♦ | I'm not sure that I agree with your first assumption, and I will downvote any question that begins "We all know". | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 11:16 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 18, 2016 at 11:10 | comment | added | Relaxed | @nvoigt What I wrote is that the word “Gelb” (not the colour yellow) is associated with nazi ideology as it was used by Goebbels to deride the colours of the flag. Ideed, nazis used the red and the black, and not the yellow. The association might be a bit weaker now but official usage is still definitely Schwarz-Rot-Gold (all the way to the constitution) and neonazis sure haven't forgotten it as they deliberately use the word Gelb. There are details in the Wikipedia article mentioned at the beginning of my answer below. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 10:24 | comment | added | nvoigt | @Relaxed Can you share a source why yellow would be associated with Nazis in the German flag? The Nazis did not have yellow at all. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 9:22 | comment | added | Relaxed | See also history.stackexchange.com/questions/21388/… | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 9:04 | answer | added | Relaxed | timeline score: 23 | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 8:54 | comment | added | Relaxed | It's incidental to your question but in Germany the colours are officially called “Black, red and gold”. Using the word yellow (Gelb) is associated with the nazi ideology. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 8:29 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackHistory/status/788295968311705600 | ||
| Oct 18, 2016 at 6:28 | comment | added | Medi1Saif | I'd like to add countries such as Belgium, Estonia (Europe), Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, Malawi, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Libya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Guinea Bissau, Swasiland, Ghana, Sao Tomé, Tanzania (Africa), Afghanistan, U.A. Emirates, Kuwait, Brunei (Asia), Bahamas, Jamaika and many more | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 23:02 | comment | added | Anixx | Many Arabic states use black strip on their flag (Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Palestine, Jordan). | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 22:06 | comment | added | AllInOne | South Africa is in the G20 ("major nation") and also includes black in their flag. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 22:00 | comment | added | Doctor Zhivago | Albania uses a Black Flag too I believe. My favorite Flag of Europe actually. Might be wrong on the former though. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 22:00 | answer | added | AllInOne | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 21:38 | history | asked | Orsinus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |