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
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.