National colours of the United Kingdom National colours of the United Kingdom The national colours of the United Kingdom are usually identified as the combination of red, white and blue in that order. These colours are the same as in the flag of the United Kingdom. The colours of the flag are in turn taken from the flags of England (white and red) and of Scotland (blue and white), which have been combined to form the union flag; to this was later added a red saltire for Ireland. In maps of the 19th and 20th centuries, the territories of the British Empire were usually coloured red
Flax solomoni are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. Flax solomoni Flax solomoni is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands (it was described from north-western Guadalcanal). The wingspan is about 10 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, basal part of tegulae and thorax are black brown. The forewings (including fringes) are brown, with blackish-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and the medial area are also blackish-brown with a black dot in the inner lower area