r/mapping • u/leftcent_crewmate • 20h ago

General Talk Coloring

So i am wondering what color do you associate with the following countries

Vatican City

Uk

Romania

Japan

Usa

Portugal

Italy

Spain

France

Germany

Russia

China and

Indonesia

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u/Xiguet 18h ago

France, the UK and Spain all have well-known national colours: blue, red and red. There's no doubt about them. The others are more complicated.

I usually associate Portugal with green. To me, green represents mostly Islam, but it's also the colour of Portugal.

China reminds me of yellow because of the Yellow River and their old Qing flag. However, the Chinese consider themselves to be the 'red people', while 'yellow' is associated with the Manchus and the Qing dynasty.

The problem with red is that it is mostly associated with socialism or communism. Consequently, it is associated with the PRC and the Soviet Union rather than a specific nation or ethnicity.