Morse Code Flag for the Number Seven: 7 = _ _ . . .

The Morse Code Flag for the Number 7 have two stripes and three stars.  The two stripes are for the first two dashes, while the three stars are for the next three dots.

Morse Code Flag for the Number Six: 6 = _ . . . .

Since stars represents dots and stripes represent dashes, we have the number 6 Morse Code flag with one stripe and four stars underneath.  The background colour indigo, or dark blue and sometimes blue, is associated with the 6th colour of the visible spectrum.

Morse Code Flag for Five: 5 = . . . . .

Since Morse Code for five has five dots, we have five stars on the flag.  There are no stripes because there are no dashes coded in the number 5.  As blue, or sky-blue, is the 5th color of the visible spectrum, the field is blue.  The stars are red because the contrast indicator for blue is red.

Morse Code Flag for Four: 4 = . . . . _

The Morse Code Flag for the number 4 has a green background since green is the 4th colour of the rainbow.  The four stars represent the four dots, while the one stripe represents the one dash.

Morse Code Flag for Three: 3 = . . . _ _

The Morse Code Flag for the number 3 has a yellow background, because yellow is the 3rd colour of the visible spectrum.  The three stars represent the three dots while the two stripes represent the dashes.


Coincidentally the pattern of stars and stripes mirrors the flag of Washington DC. The primary difference is that the DC flag has a white background and red stars and stripes.  Funny tertiary coincidence is that DC is the also the 3rd official capitol of USA, under the US Constitution.

Morse Code Flag for Two: 2 = . . _ _ _

The Morse Code Flag for the number 2 has two stars for the dots and three stripes for the dashes.  Since orange is the second colour in the prism, it is its appropriate background.

Morse Code Flag for One: 1 = . _ _ _ _

The Morse Code Flag for One has a red background with one star and four stripes that reflect the one dot and four dashes for its signal.

Morse Code Flag for the Number 0: _ _ _ _ _

The Morse Code Zero Flag has five stripes that represent the five dashes for zero.  Additionally since it uses the metric order for colours, white is the background which coded to white with its contrast indicator being black. 

Morse Code Flags for the Numbers 0-9

  Morse Code flags come a variety of colours, but the important element is the pattern of stars and stripes.  The stripes code for the "DASHES" while the stars code for "DOTS".  Accordingly any person who is colour blind and reads Morse Code can still understand the flag.  Additionally the flags are colour coded to the colour metrics associated with order of the spectrum or rainbow.  Red being coded to 1, orange coded to 2, yellow coded to 3, green coded to 4, blue coded to 5, indigo coded to 6, and violet coded to 7.  Additionally black is coded to 8, pink is coded to 9, and white is coded to zero. 

These flags are read downwards.  Cultures may read from the left or the right.  Hebrew and Arabic read from the right to left.  Chinese and Japanese can go either way, but all cultures read downwards.  Nearly no major written culture reads upwards, which is an extreme minority.  Yet some totem poles are read down to up, which makes sense, when you think about it. 

 

Fun Moscovium Flag - Element 115

Official Moscow Flag

The fun Moscovium Flag for element 115 is based upon the official flag of Moscow.  But instead of a knight in shining armor we have a scientist in blue radiation hazard suit.  Instead of spear, the dashing scientist on a white horse has a powerful magnetic device that has captured a deadly atom of Moscovium, rather than attacking a deadly dragon.

Moscovium is the latest relative of Nitrogen to come into existence.  It is a post-millennial element created in 2003.

Berkelium Fun Flag - Element 97

The fun flag for Berkelium uses the official city seal of Berkeley, California.  However the background is tie-dye.  Since this is the 97th element due to its Z number, the number 97 is present on the seal.  Mr. Berkeley is wearing cool safety glasses too.

Fun Flag for Holmium - Element 67

Since Holmium is named after Stockhom, Sweden we have the fun Holmium flag that is modeled on the flag of Sweden.

Fun Flag for Strontium - Element 38

Since Strontium was first discerned in Scotland, the flag of Scotland forms the main component for the fun Strontium flag.  The colours on the shield are based upon the modern popular Scottish Highland colours.  Since Strontium has 38 protons in its nucleus the number 38 is the key value for determining its atomic properties.

Fun Flag for Scandium - Element "Blackjack"

Scania Flag - a region in Sweden

The fun flag for Scandium, element 21, or rather element "Blackjack" uses the colours and pattern found the cultural region of Scania.

Fun Flag for Darmstadtium - Element 110

Official Darmstadt Flag

The fun Darmstadtium flag is based upon the official Darmstadtium flag but modified with physics symbols.  Instead of a crown, safety goggles are used.  Also the lion has been replaced with a radioactive symbol and the fleur-de-lis is now an atom.

Fun Flag for Hassium - Element 108

A new kind of matter was created in 1984 within West Germany: Hassium.  This fun flag is based upon the name of the element of the German state where it was created.  This atom has 108 protons in its nucleus.  Less than 50 atoms of this element have been made so far.  Amazingly we have the technology to detect such small quantities!

Fun Polonium Flag - Element 84

The Polonium fun flag takes is design from the Polish flag, which is white and red.  The national coat of arms are changed with an atom with a number 84 on its nucleus.  This element has 84 protons in its nucleus. This element is extremely dangerous, more deadly than Plutonium or Uranium. 

Fun Flag for Ruthenium - Element 44

Russia has long played an important role with the Periodic Table of Elements, thank to Mr. Mendeleev, Dimirti.  Dimirti was able to detect a pattern with the fundamental substances that make up all matter.  Since then, Russians have been excited to do research on things very very small.

The fun flag for Ruthenium is based upon the Russian flag.  Ruthenia is an old Latin name for Kivian Russia, which element 44 gets its namesake from.

Fun Flag for Francium - Element 87

The fun Flag for Francium is based upon the modern national flag of France.  In the center is the symbol for an element, with the number 87 upon it since Francium's atomic number is 87.

Fun Flag for Germanium - Element 32

The fun flag of Germanium has an atom on the arms.  The number 32 refers to the number of protons.

Fun Flag for Tennessine - Element 117

The fun Flag for Tennessine, Element 117, combines the flag of Tennessee with symbols for atoms. 

Fun Flag for Europium - Element 63

Official EU flag, the Inspiration

Europium is named after the continent of Europe.  By replacing the stars with the universal symbol for atoms, we have this fun Europium flag.
To the left is the original inspiration for the Europium fun flag, the official flag of the European Union.

The EU flag has become the de facto flag of the continent of Europe, there are several nations that are in Europe yet not a part of the EU.  Nonetheless it makes a great flag for those who love science and vexillology. 

Americium Fun Flag - Element 95

The 95th Element is named after America.  Not the continent, but rather the America from the United States of America.  Consequently this fun flag showcases element 95 in the canton of the US flag.   Americium was first synthesized in California in 1944 during the Manhattan Project.

"Like any good parrot on the internet that mentions..." Americium, I have to parrot that this element is in nearly every home in the USA.   Because it is used in smoke detectors, aaack, aaackk... because it is used in  smoke detectors.  Polly wants a cracker.... like any good smoke detector... aaack polly... wants Americium in your smoke detector.  Discovery was kept secret for a year.... aaack.

Americium really puts the new definition to the nuclear element in the "Nuclear American Family."  So if you had really good, sensitive Gamma Ray Glasses, you would see a shining glow coming out of your smoke detector.  Rumor has it that people get into heated arguments when standing near smoke detectors.  There was even an unsubstantiated buzz fed like story of man who gained a green tint and had his muscles expand so that his clothes ripped off, and he went into a hulking rage on his roommate. 

Nihonium Element 113 Fun Flag

The Nihonium Fun Flag combines the national flag of Japan with the standard symbol for the Atom with its atomic number in the middle.

Element 98 Californium Flag

Another fun California flag riff is a flag for the element of Californium. Truly an American element of sorts.  By amazing synchronicity it was made 100 years after California became a state in 1850.  In 1950 this artificial atom was first synthesized in our solar system at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkley.   Typically artificial atoms are impossible to see, but scientists have been able to create enough that you can actually see it and do experiments with it.

This atom has 98 protons in its nucleus, that gives it its atomic properties.  Consequently the basic model of an atom has replaced the red California star.  The number 98 is written in the center, which is reflective of the Z number of this element.  The California Bear is wearing a lab coat, with pens in its pockets.

Flags for the Atoms of the Periodic Table of Elements

Vexillology meets Chemistry!

 I prefer the term Alchemy, it's so much more romantic.  Surely interest in Chemistry would increase if they called it Alchemy.  Just as when Astrology and Astronomy were the same, Chemistry and Alchemy were united long, long ago when our star system was in a different position in the galaxy far, far away.

Nations come and go, so do languages, religions, stories, and ways of life.  Teams, sports, fans, and forlorn heroes from wars long ago all fade from the limelight of history.  Even the stars in the night sky, and the patterns of constellations change and disappear.

One day North America will be no more, as will new oceans and new continents arise on our humble abode which we currently call Earth.  Perhaps beings from distant star systems will arrive and 'discover' our planet and give it a new name and bury our "savage" standard-nothing special culture as a mere footnote, making us speak new languages and demand we live in new ways of life?

But the structure of the atom is as it was as it ever shall be.  Thus it is fitting that these constant elements, or byproducts of star dust that compose our galaxies, planets, bodies, and souls should have a flag.

The colours of the flags are coded to the order found in the Visible Spectrum: 

Red is Coded to 1
Orange is Coded to 2
Yellow is Coded to 3
Green is Coded to 4
Blue is Coded to 5
Indigo is Coded to 6
Violet is Coded to 7
Black is Coded to 8
Pink is Coded to 9 
and White is Coded to 0

Although Pink seems out of place as the 9th number, it seems appropriate to give this color a chance, since we are returning to red in the cycle of our decimal system of numbers.

Using this organic order found in the basic partition of the visible spectrum of Roy G. Biv & P. Black White the atomic or Z number of an element forms the main body of the field.  The stripes on the left and right show us the period.  The stripes on the top and bottom show us the Group Number.

Infographic on Periodic Table of Elements Flags - Decoded

Notice that Element or Atom flags have the fields coded to the atomic number, also known as the Z number.  Consequently the letter Z makes up the field.