The flag of the Kingdom of Thailand shows five horizontal stripes in the colours red ,white , blue, white and red, with the middle blue stripe being twice as wide as each of the other four. The Thai name for the flag is (Thong Trairong), meaning tricolour flag . The colours are said to stand for nation-religion-king, an unofficial motto of Thailand, red for the land and people, white for Theravada Buddhism and blue for the monarchy