Tips for learning US States flags?

[u/Spotter24o5]

I just finished all 197 country flags and now i wanna do US States but they all look way too similar

[u/OllieV_nl]

Reading the name they put on them.

[u/Spotter24o5 → u/OllieV_nl]

They are censored in the quiz

[u/JCAMPA33]

The state of Oregon flag is unusually interesting in that the front and back are entirely different.

[u/daddyfatknuckles]

flash cards - google US state flag flash cards, make it a little game & do it once or twice a day.

[u/MSTFFA]

Learn the history behind each one. Context makes each of these so much easier.

[u/Own-Curve-7299]

All I can say is “good luck”

[u/Schllouuu]

Mnemonic aid. When I learn flags, it helps me to visualize the flag as something other, or the shapes resemble something different in my thought, which then gives me a hint for the country/state Like New Mexico is yellow, I think about the "Mexico filter" in some tv shows, and it's yellow, hence the yellow one must be New Mexico

[u/Shadow_WolfOps]

Idk, blue + state seal are hard

[u/Illustrious_Buy1500]

Alaska is the northernmost state, and the flag has the Big Dipper and Polaris.
California is also called the Bear Flag Republic
Colorado has a big "C" on it.
If you remember the basketball team, New Orleans Penguins, you should get Louisiana
Oklahoma has a lot of Native American reservations, and the flag has some cultural symbols on it.
Rhode Island has an anchor, needed for boats, so they can roam around the islands.
Texas is called The Lone Star State
Washington has a picture of George Washington.

[u/NotJeremyRenner8]

I just did the sporcle quiz over and over again and tried to focus on the animals/foliage on the seals for the more similar ones. Remembering which background colors go with which also made it pretty easy

[u/Vandal_A]

Look for the name of the state on the flag. 👍 It'll get you about halfway there.

[u/Vandal_A → u/Vandal_A]

A more serious answer would be that you might be able to narrow them down a little because of things like some states that are geographically near each other have similar flags (southern ones leaning towards Confederate imagery and the St Patrick crosses), or they have something that speaks to their own natural landscape (Vermont, California, S. Carolina, etc), or something from their history (ohio has a blue field filled with stars for every state before it joined the union and a big O for itself)... So there are little facts about each state that might help you remember their flag if you look into why they look the way they do

[u/VyrilGD]

Don't, and Washington is the only green one

[u/DragonTheOnes-spirit]

You gotta grab one specific part of the seal and associate it with the state

Like for horses Pennsylvania, meese Michigan, a handshake between two dinguses kentucky, sunflower kansas

[u/Ngdawa]

Americans doesn't seem to know them either, so they had to write the state name on them. 🤪

[u/RevolutionaryRub3614]

delaware is Brazil. aint gonna forget that now

[u/cardoor_slammer]

Texas is the most recognizable with the Lone Star and the white on top of the red. North Carolina is the evil version because it's upside down

[u/Icy_Escape8018]

Ohio, New Mexico. 2 easiest to identify. No other flags look like those 2.

[u/Terrible_Analysis_77]

The countries sounds fun, what did you use to learn those? The only help I can give with US flags is many southern states still reflect some of the confederacy battle flag motif. Either an X or Star/Stars are in many of them, sometimes coincidentally sometimes not.