National colours

As national colors or partially as the national colors is called a combination of usually two or three colors that can serve as symbols of identity for a State or a part of the state. National colors can be applied in different forms.

Origin

National colors are usually available in a blurred relation to the systems of heraldry ( crest ) and vexillology ( flag). Often they were derived from the coat of arms and then led to the colors in the national or state flags (example: Kingdom of Bavaria). Some of them were also only derived from the national flags (example: France). In the late 18th and early 19th century, European rulers attributed their court officials and the nobles at performances in the assemblies of the estates "Civil uniforms " in specified colors before, often unrelated to the coats of arms and flags of the country or of the respective province. These colors were often described as the national colors, for example, in the Kingdom of Hanover.

In German-speaking Switzerland, the colors of the cantons are called registry colors. Traditionally, the cantons are there called " stands".

Application

The national colors were and are performed on rosettes, sashes and medal ribbons and the like.

The student Couleur which is still in the country studying children who had come together at the Universities of country team performance oriented connections developed from the Civil worn as uniforms of provincial officials colors At the turn of the 18th to 19th century.

On national holidays you can see in many countries the national colors on mundane objects in the street scene.

The national colors are often worn by national teams from different sports in sporting encounters as jersey. So, for example, occurs France football team whenever possible in blue shirts, white shorts and red stockings on. The jerseys of Spanish athletes are always kept at international competitions in red-yellow. The German national football team traditionally wears the Prussian national colors white and black. An exception is, for example, Australia, whose athletes compete in green and yellow. This now leads to the opposite way, that there are proposals to change the Australian flag that deal with these colors.

As part of the regular Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the national colors of the presiding Union Member State often form a part of the logo of the Presidency and are also used for events and other official occasions.