Two state colours form a fixed pair.
The question tests a colour combination, not a place name or an election slogan. Read each answer in full: black-gold does not include a third colour. “State flag” directs your attention to Baden-Württemberg.
The state coat of arms offers another memory aid: its shield shows black lions on a gold background. A flag and a coat of arms are different symbols, but their recurring colours can help you learn.
The other three answers
Pay attention to both the individual colours and their combination.
blue-white-red
Blue-white-red contains three different colours. This combination does not match the state colours named in the constitution.
white-blue
White-blue also consists of two colours, but they are the wrong ones for Baden-Württemberg. The specific pair black-gold matters, not merely the number of colours.
green-white-red
Green-white-red is a different three-colour combination. Colours familiar from everyday life, clubs or other flags do not replace the established state colours.
Recognising colours differs from using an official emblem.
This question does not require a complete drawing of the flag. Additional details on an official service flag or a coat of arms do not change the answer black-gold requested here.
A study guide does not grant permission to use an official coat of arms without restriction. Separate rules apply. The editorial images on this page therefore show only a symbolic colour study and a fictional learning scene.
Article 24 · State colours · State Constitution BW ↗Baden-Württemberg → black-gold.
Connect the state’s name with this pair. Avoid adding a third colour when recalling it.
Three words for this question
- die Landesfarbestate colour
- An established colour identifying a federal state.
- die Flaggeflag
- A patterned piece of cloth used as a symbol of a community or state.
- goldfarbengold-coloured
- In a colour representing gold; not necessarily made of gold metal.