Olympic symbols rings are five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the "Olympic rings". The symbol was originally designed in 1912 by de Coubertin. He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. According to Coubertin, the colours of the rings together with the white of the background included the colours composing every competing nation's flag at the time. Upon its initial introduction, Coubertin stated the following in the August 1912 edition of "Olympique": In his article published in the "Olympic Revue" the official
Flag of Karnataka private and, sometimes, in public, celebrations of the Dasara festival, including the Special Assembly ("haas durbar") during the carnival. While the bi-coloured Kannada Paksha flag remained the state's de-facto flag, the legal complications were quite complex. The bi-coloured flag is the official flag of a state political party called "Kannada Paksha". It would be an advertisement of the party if the state recognised this flag as its own official one. However, the flag itself was designed and became prevalent during pro-Kannada movements in the late 1960s. Therefore, the bi-coloured flag became more sentimentally attached to the people and Kannada speakers