About Paint the Flag
Paint the Flag is a free flag coloring game on Geography Games. You're shown a country's flag with all the color stripped out — just white areas and black outlines. Fill whole areas with the paint bucket, or grab one of three brushes and draw the details yourself. A palette of 20 flag colors is always at hand, plus a custom color picker for any shade you can think of.
It sounds easy until you try it. Is the Netherlands' blue the same as Luxembourg's? Which end of Germany's flag is black? Does Ireland's flag start with green or orange? And can you draw Mexico's eagle from memory? Paint the Flag tests the flag knowledge you think you have.
Three modes are live now (Daily Challenge, Singleplayer and Pick a Country) with 156 flags from every continent — from three-stripe classics to crosses, cantons, crescents, star fields and full coats of arms. The artwork is the real flag: you paint the actual Angkor Wat on Cambodia's flag. When you finish, your flag is shown next to the real one.
How to Play Paint the Flag
Each round follows the same simple loop. Simple flags take under a minute — emblem flags reward artists.
You get the country's name and its flag with only the outlines — no colors, no reference image.
Choose from the 20-color palette — or open the custom color picker and mix any shade you want.
With the bucket tool, tap any area to fill it. Painted the wrong one? Pick another color and fill it again. White areas count too!
Switch to a small, medium or large brush and draw freely — crests, stars and emblems are yours to recreate. Undo removes the last stroke.
Hit Finish and your flag appears next to the real one. No scores, no judges — just you and the mirror.
Game Modes
Paint the Flag has three modes. Pick the one that fits how you like to play.
Daily Challenge Play →
One flag per UTC day, the same for every player worldwide. One painting per day — once you hit Finish, your flag is framed next to the real one until the next reset.
- · Same flag for everyone, resets at 00:00 UTC
- · Share your painted flag as an image
- · No flag repeats for about five months
Singleplayer (Random) Play →
Unlimited rounds of random flags — perfect for practice. Skip a flag you don't know, or replay one until you nail it. The same flag won't repeat within 25 rounds.
- · All 156 flags from every continent
- · Bucket + three brush sizes + custom colors
- · Skip and replay freely — no lockouts
Pick a Country (Practice) Play →
Browse every flag in the game grouped by continent, search by name, and paint exactly the one you want. Complexity dots show which flags are quick three-stripe jobs and which are the real monsters.
- · All 156 flags, grouped by continent
- · Search bar for fast lookup
- · Replay the same flag until you nail it
Paint the Flag FAQ
What is Paint the Flag?▼
Paint the Flag is a free flag coloring game on Geography Games. You're shown a country's flag with the colors removed — just white areas with black outlines — and you color it in from memory. Fill whole areas with the paint bucket or draw freely with three brush sizes, then compare your flag side by side with the real one.
How do the tools work?▼
There are four tools: the paint bucket fills the area you tap with the selected color, and three brushes (small, medium, large) paint freehand strokes on top — that's how you draw crests, stars and emblems. You can mix tools freely on one flag, and Undo removes your last brush stroke.
Can I use any color?▼
The palette holds about 20 swatches — and the flag's true colors are always hidden among them, at random positions every round, so Denmark's exact red is there if you can spot it. The rest are distractors, including real vexillological traps: Latvia's stripes are maroon, not red, and Luxembourg's bottom stripe is light blue. If you need something special, the custom color swatch opens a full color picker with every hex shade.
Is there a score?▼
No — painting is the point. When you finish, your flag is shown next to the real one and you can judge for yourself (or share your masterpiece). With free brush drawing there's no fair way to grade a flag automatically, so we don't pretend to.
Which flags are in the game?▼
All 156 countries on Geography Games — every continent, from simple tricolors to the US star field, the Union Jack, South Korea's taegeuk, Nepal's double pennant and South Africa's six-color Y. The boards use the real flag artwork: Mexico's eagle, Sri Lanka's lion and Bhutan's dragon are the actual designs.
How does the Daily Challenge work?▼
Every UTC day the Daily Challenge picks one flag deterministically, so every player in the world paints the same flag on the same day. You get one painting per day; after you finish, your flag stays framed next to the real one until midnight UTC, and you can share it as an image.
Can I fix a mistake?▼
Yes — until you press Finish you can refill any area with a different color, Undo your last brush strokes one by one, or hit Clear to start the flag over. There's no penalty for repainting.
Can I play on mobile?▼
Yes. The bucket is tap-based and the brushes work with your finger — drawing on a phone is part of the fun. No sign-up, no install.
