The Italians’ football and rugby (both codes) teams wear blue in honour of the House of Savoy, under whom Italy was unified in 1861. The Italians wore a light blue scarf, which then remained as the sporting colour in Italy.

Colors of the Italian Flag Three colors, two interpretations. The first believes that green symbolizes hope, white represents faith, and red signifies charity. The second interpretation says that green is the symbol of the Italian landscape. While the color white represents the snow-capped Alps and red the bloodshed.

The tricolour became Italy’s national flag in Reggio Emilia on January 7th 1797, when the Cispadane Republic, at the proposal of Deputy Giuseppe Compagnoni, decreed “that the Cispadane Standard or Flag of Three Colours, Green, White and Red shall become universal and that these three Colours also be used in the …

The Pantone® codes of the colors were decided in 2006 and are 17-6153 TCX (Fern Green), 11-0601 TCX (Bright White) and 18-1662 TCX (Flame Scarlet). The hexadecimal, RGB and CMYK values are based on the PMS codes. The flag was officially adopted on January 1, 1948.

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The Italian sparrow is the national bird of Italy.

Shades Of Italy: Top Ten Italian Colours

• Celeste – Italian Sky Blue.
• Rosa Schiaparelli – Schiaparelli Pink.
• Verde Veronese – Paolo Veronese Green.
• Terra di Siena – Sienna.
• Giallo Napoli – Naples Yellow.
• Rosso Pompei – Pompeiian Red.
• Rosso Valentino – Valentino Red.
• Rosso Ferrari – Ferrari Red.

The monarchy of Italy (Italian: Monarchia d’Italia) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946….