Rainbow flag India during the week of Amartithi (the anniversary of his death on January 31, 1969). Rainbow is used as an element of flag of Patriots of Russia (Russian: Патриоты России, "Patrioty Rossii") political party. This rainbow flag in Italy was first used in a peace march in 1961, inspired by similar multi-coloured flags used in demonstrations against nuclear weapons. It became popular with the "Pace da tutti i balconi" ("peace from every balcony") campaign in 2002, started as a protest against the impending war in Iraq. The most common variety has seven colours, purple, blue, azure, green, yellow, orange and
With flying colours replacing the deceptive friendly one, the ship would immediately surrender. However, this was not limited historically to pirates, as the British Royal Navy had used this tactic when chasing Bartholomew Roberts. These phrases have been used many times in literary works, even in modern-day writings. ""With flying colours"" has many variations preceding it, such as "to pass...", "came out...", and "came through...", but all have the same meaning derived from the literal allusion, to be triumphant or victorious, honorable or to be publicly successful. ""Go down with colours flying"" and ""Nail your colours to the mast"" are used similarly to