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How to play

You get a country name and a blank canvas — no reference image. Draw the flag from memory, then hit Reveal & Score.

How the score works

An uneven tricolour still scores in the nineties. The right colours in the wrong order does not.

Stuck? Take a hint

Up to three outline hints per flag. Dashed guides gradually trace the flag's actual shapes, from main outlines to smaller details, without showing colours. Simple flags need fewer hints. Your score stays the same, and the result and share card note how many you used.

Tips

Daily flag

A new flag every day at midnight UTC, the same one for everyone. Your streak counts consecutive days you finished the daily. Progress is saved in this browser — there is no account, and nothing is uploaded.

Shortcuts: B brush, F fill, R rectangle, C circle, L line, S star, E eraser, ⌘/Ctrl+Z undo.

Full scoring explanation →

Ways to play

Liberia vs Malaysia

These two are close enough that people routinely draw one when they mean the other. Take the challenge first — the flags are further down the page.

The challenge

Practice

Draw the flag from memory.

Shapes
More
Red
Preparing outline guides
Best –

Side by side

Flag of Liberia
Liberia
Ratio
10:19
Layout
Canton
Colours
Red, White, Blue
  • #BF0A30
  • #FFFFFF
  • #002868

Draw it Guide

Flag of Malaysia
Malaysia
Ratio
1:2
Layout
Canton
Colours
Red, White, Blue, Yellow
  • #CC0001
  • #FFFFFF
  • #010066
  • #FFCC00

Draw it Guide

What actually differs

  • Malaysia adds yellow, which Liberia does not have.
  • Malaysia carries crescent, 14-point star and 14 stripes; Liberia has nothing in the middle.
  • Liberia flies at 10:19 and Malaysia at 1:2, so side by side one looks longer than the other.
  • Even the shared colours are mixed differently: red (#BF0A30 against #CC0001) and blue (#002868 against #010066).

How to keep them straight

Liberia: Anchor on the biggest shape: a rectangular canton in the upper hoist corner over a striped field in red, white and blue. Everything else on the flag hangs off that.

Malaysia: Anchor on the biggest shape: a rectangular canton in the upper hoist corner over a striped field in red, white, blue and yellow. Everything else on the flag hangs off that.

The drawing scorer is built for exactly this: if you swap the colours of Liberia it will tell you which two you flipped, rather than just handing you a low number.

Questions

What is the difference between the Liberia and Malaysia flags?

Malaysia adds yellow, which Liberia does not have. Malaysia carries crescent, 14-point star and 14 stripes; Liberia has nothing in the middle. Liberia flies at 10:19 and Malaysia at 1:2, so side by side one looks longer than the other. Even the shared colours are mixed differently: red (#BF0A30 against #CC0001) and blue (#002868 against #010066).

Which is which?

Anchor on the biggest shape: a rectangular canton in the upper hoist corner over a striped field in red, white and blue. Everything else on the flag hangs off that. And for the other one: anchor on the biggest shape: a rectangular canton in the upper hoist corner over a striped field in red, white, blue and yellow. Everything else on the flag hangs off that.

Are the Liberia and Malaysia flags exactly the same?

No — Malaysia adds yellow, which Liberia does not have.

Other flags people mix up

Liberia vs United States Malaysia vs United States Kenya vs South Sudan Kuwait vs Sudan Kyrgyzstan vs North Macedonia Latvia vs Peru

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