Draw the flag of Italy from memory

What you are drawing

The flag of Italy is three equal vertical bands — green, white and red from the hoist. It flies at a ratio of 2:3. On the PlayVexle difficulty scale it rates ★☆☆☆☆ — a flag most people can reproduce closely on the first attempt.

How to score well on this one

• Colour is 70% of the score, so get the 3 bands down as flat blocks before anything else. Which colour touches the flagpole is the single thing most people get wrong.
• There is no emblem to draw here, so a clean, well-proportioned set of colour blocks can score in the nineties.
• Draw it at 2:3. The canvas is already the right shape, so fill it edge to edge rather than leaving a border.

Stuck? Open a memory hint

Think of a Caprese salad in order: basil, mozzarella, tomato.

Show me the flag of Italy

Opening this before you draw is allowed. It just will not help your score.

Flags people confuse with Italy

If something felt off while you were drawing, you may have been remembering Ireland, Mexico or Hungary. Each pair is taken apart side by side on the similar flags pages.

Want the construction order, the exact colour codes and what the design means? That is on the Italy flag guide.