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 Art Supply Stores design" San Francisco, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, "FLAX art & design" Chicago, "Flax Art & Frame" Flax Art Supply Stores Flax is the surname behind a group of art supply stores spread across the United States. As of August 2018, Flax family owned and operated specialty retail stores are located in San Francisco, Oakland, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago, and Los Angeles. The Flax businesses were founded between 1919 and 1946 by four Flax brothers, with locations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. The business entities have always been independent of each other, yet through common