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
The Colours of Animals Protection. Chapter 7 Variable Protective Resemblance in Vertebrata, Etc. Chapter 8 Variable Protective Resemblance In Insects. Chapter 9 Protective Resemblances in Lepidoptera (continued). Chapter 10 Warning Colours. Chapter 11 Warning Colours (continued). Chapter 12 Protective Mimicry. Chapter 13 Protective and Aggressive Mimicry. Chapter 14 The Combination of Many Methods of Defence. Chapter 15 Colours Produced by Courtship. Chapter 16 Other Theories of Sexual Colouring. Chapter 17 Summary And Classification. The co-discoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace, reviewing Poulton in "Nature", was interested by Poulton's observations on thin films producing iridescence: "In some cases dried insects lose some of their