"Participants rated 72 flags on their design qualities (rather than on political, historical, or geographic considerations)...
"The public’s overall responses paralleled those of NAVA members quite closely... Their insightful comments showed a strong intuitive grasp of flag design and confirmed NAVA’s expert opinions on design principles. One doesn’t need to be a flag expert to know a good flag design....
"The highest-scoring flags all embody the five basic principles listed in NAVA’s publication on flag design, Good Flag, Bad Flag:
"1. Keep It Simple (The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory...)
"2. Use Meaningful Symbolism (The flag’s images, colors, or patterns should relate to what it symbolizes...)
"3. Use 2–3 Basic Colors (Limit the number of colors on the flag to three, which contrast well and come from the standard color set...)
"4. No Lettering or Seals (Never use writing of any kind or an organization’s seal...)
"5. Be Distinctive or Be Related (Avoid duplicating other flags, but use similarities to show connections...)
"Good Flag, Bad Flag: How to Design a Great Flag is downloadable free from the NAVA website. It can help any organization, tribe, company, family, neighborhood, city, county, state, or even country design a great flag."
--North American Vexillological Association, 2001 June 10
1. New Mexico
3. Quebec
4. Maryland
5. Alaska
6. Arizona
9. Republic of the Marshall Islands
10. South Carolina
The flag of Maryland is one of my favorite flags. I hate the flag of Arizona; it looks like a nondescript mall decoration.
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