Almost Twins: Flags Mistaken for India’s

Orange, white, green — and then the wheel

Strip the flag to two strokes and a wheel, as this artist has, and you discover what really carries the identity: not the colours, which travel widely, but the Chakra.

The world holds close cousins. Niger flies horizontal orange, white and green with an orange disc at the centre; Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire run near-identical colours in vertical bands. What no other national flag carries is India’s navy, 24-spoke Ashoka Chakra on the white — the one element that turns a familiar palette into an unmistakable signature.