Practice · Asia
China
How to draw the flag of China
The flag of China is a red field with one large yellow five-pointed star in the upper hoist, and four smaller stars arranged in an arc to its right.
Colours used
- red —
#ee1c25 - yellow —
#ffff00
You do not need to match these hex values exactly. Scoring allows a generous margin on shade because nobody remembers the precise navy of a flag; what it does not forgive is putting the right colour in the wrong place.
How to draw it well
There are five star groups to place. Get their arrangement right before worrying about the points — scoring reads the pattern of coloured areas, so a cluster in the correct position beats beautifully drawn stars in the wrong one.
- Fill the whole canvas with the background or the first stripe — an unpainted margin costs you points.
- Lay in the remaining bands with the rectangle tool, keeping the divisions level.
- Add the central detail last, checking its size against the height of the flag.
- Press Check my flag to see your drawing next to the real one.
Where people lose points on this flag
- Leaving a white margin around the edge of the canvas. Unpainted area is scored as wrong colour, so fill right to the borders.
Proportions
China flies its flag at 3:2. The drawing canvas is a fixed shape and scoring compares regions rather than absolute measurements, so you do not need to reproduce the ratio exactly; what matters is that the internal divisions land in the right relative places.