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Prayer flags: blue, white, red, green, yellow

Prayer flags — One strand of five square flags on a cord in the order blue, white, red, green, yellow, each carrying a small wind-horse motif at its centre and a fringed lower edge, sagging gently across the field, no lettering., flat print design, bold simple shapes, no outlines, a slight cloth grain over the coloured fills

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Reading 1Single strand
Reading 2Mantra flags
Reading 3Crossed strands

Tibetan lungta run in a fixed order — blue, white, red, green, yellow, for sky, air, fire, water, earth — strung left to right and repeated. The wind horse sits at the centre of each panel. These nine hold that order and colour correct across three readings and three styles.

  • a home or garden hanging print
  • a meditation space decoration
  • a gift for a Buddhist practice
  • a classroom or cultural studies handout
  • a craft or design reference sheet

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each panel is drawn at standard flag-panel proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean and strings in the correct left-to-right order.
Is the colour order correct?
Yes — blue, white, red, green, yellow for sky, air, fire, water, earth is held in the correct fixed order, which is the exacting part of this design.
What's the difference between the three readings?
The readings vary how many panels are shown together and how the wind horse is emphasized at the centre of each.
What's the difference between the three styles?
Each style treats the same colour order and wind horse motif in a distinct register — a traditional woodblock line, a soft painterly line, and a clean modern line.

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