Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria consisting of two horizontal stripes: red and white. The colours of the new Galician flag, which remained in use until the dissolution of this kingdom in 1918, had resembled the white and red Polish flag adopted in 1831 by the Polish Parliament. Miller claims that the flag of Galicia consisted of the two stripes: amaranth and white, but the official Austro-Hungarian publication "Wappenrolle" (1898) clearly features the flag of Galicia in red and white. In "Wappenrolle" there is a picture of an amaranth and white flag, used unofficially, and described as "the national colours of the Poles" ("Nationalfarben der Polen)",
National colours have national sporting teams, they do use it for anything that connected to the organisation like associated bodies. Examples of using these colours are for the United Nations the recognisable blue helmets of the peacekeeping operations and the flags of associated UN agencies like the World Health Organisation with the UN's light blue and white. Another illustration is the blue and yellow of the EU flag that is used with anything European like the blue European Health Insurance Card, or the “Blue Card” for skilled immigration. National colours National colours are frequently part of a country's set of national symbols.