National colours of Canada red "in recognition of Canada's official colours". The proclamation accepts both colours for the maple leaves, stating ""three maple leaves conjoined on one stem proper"", in which "proper" refers to the natural colour of the leaves, which is green in spring and summer, and red in autumn. It was not until 1961, with the creation of The Queen's Personal Canadian Flag, that red and white became entrenched as the national colours. For the Federal Identity Program operated by the Treasury Board Secretariat of the Government of Canada, official and signage colours are specified in technical specification T-145. The red colour
Flag of Portugal is demonstrated below: The National Flag of Portugal also serves as war flag and ensign, so being flown on military facilities and naval ships. There are however specific national military flags for specific uses, namely the military colours, the naval jack and the naval pennant. The military colours are occasionally referred as war flag, however they are not to be flown on military facilities but are only to be carried by the military units on parades. The national colours constitute the portable variants of the National Flag for use on parades by the military units. In the past, the colours