Draw the flag of United Kingdom from memory
No reference image — just the name and a blank canvas. Reveal when you are done and see how close you were.
Draw the flag of
United Kingdom
What you are drawing
The flag of the United Kingdom is a red cross with a white fimbriation over a red and white saltire on a dark blue field. It flies at a ratio of 1:2. On the PlayVexle difficulty scale it rates ★★★★☆ — one of the harder flags to recall accurately, mostly because of the detail in the middle.
How to score well on this one
- Block in the largest area first — on this flag that is blue — then work down to the smaller shapes. Layout is 20% of the score and it is judged on where the blocks sit, not how neat the edges are.
- There is no emblem to draw here, so a clean, well-proportioned set of colour blocks can score in the nineties.
- Draw it at 1:2. The canvas is already the right shape, so fill it edge to edge rather than leaving a border.
Stuck? Open a memory hint
Wide white first, then the thin red saltire pinned to one side of it, then the big red cross with a white border on top.
Show me the flag of United Kingdom
Opening this before you draw is allowed. It just will not help your score.
Flags people confuse with the United Kingdom
If something felt off while you were drawing, you may have been remembering Australia or New Zealand. 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 United Kingdom flag guide.
