Rainbow flag number of non-cooperative groups led to confusion in several countries around the world. Another variation of rainbow flag is used by Jewish Autonomous Oblast, situated in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, by the Chinese border. Proportions 2:3. Adopted first of October 1996. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast has a flag with a seven-colour rainbow. The number of colours is meant to symbolize the seven-branched Jewish Menorah. The rainbow flag was popularized as a symbol of the gay community by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978. The different colors are often associated with "diversity" in the gay community (but
With flying colours the nautical allusion, and are phrases to express persistence or stubbornness. ""Sailing under false colours"", staying consistent with its nautical origin, is another way to express deception, or to mislead or mystify. With flying colours "With flying colours" is a popular idiom of the English language. The phrase's origins relate to ship flags. Ships serve scientific and cultural needs, as well as the transportation of goods, and resolving political and national conflict. In the past, without the use of modern communication devices, a ship's appearance upon the immediate return to the port could communicate how the crew fared at sea.