{{Short description|Symbol with different meanings}} {{other uses|Green Flag (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Flag | Name = Green flag | Article = | Type = | Image = Green_flag_waving.svg | Use = | Adoption = | NamePrefix = }} A '''green flag''' has various meanings.
==National flags== *The flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was a plain green flag.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flag of Libya {{!}} History, Design, Colors {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Libya |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *The flag of Saudi Arabia has a field of green, which represents Islam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Flag |url=https://saudiflag.sa/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Saudi Flag Day |language=en}}</ref> *Irish nationalism was traditionally represented with a green flag.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Flag |url=https://www.neversuchinnocence.com/national-flag-irish-war-of-independence |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Never Such Innocence |language=en-GB}}</ref> The current flag of Ireland is a tricolour with green representing the Irish Catholics, orange representing the Irish Protestants, and white in the middle to represent peace.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ireland National Flag {{!}} Made in the UK |url=https://flagmakers.co.uk/flag-history/ireland-eire/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=flagmakers.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> *The former flag of Mauritania.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-08 |title=Mauritania has a new flag |url=https://qz.com/africa/1048142/mauritania-has-a-new-flag |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref> *Various green-striped American flags flew during the Revolutionary War, with green representing the 'color of hope'.
==Other== *A green flag is part of a set of racing flags and indicates the beginning or resumption of an auto race. *The actual flags flown in parks and gardens that have received the Green Flag Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benefits of Green Flag Award |url=https://www.greenflagaward.org/about-the-award/benefits-of-green-flag-award/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.greenflagaward.org |language=en}}</ref> *Green flags are widely used in the programming language Scratch. *On rail transport in Great Britain and Ireland, green flags are sometimes used (less often than in the past) by railway guards as a signal to engine drivers that they can proceed. *By analogy to the use of red flags as a warning symbol of negative traits, specifically in the context of dating and intimate relationships, a "green flag" is used to mean a sign of a positive trait in a person.
==See also== *White flag
==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Green flags Category:Types of flags