I’m interested in vexillology (study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags). I was curious to know what colours each flag is made up of and what percentage of the total flag a particular colour occupies.
First, I downloaded flags in png format for each country (from this site) and put them in one folder. Next I wrote a python script that loops over this folder and calculated color statistics for each of them. Results are saved in the JSON file. When I got results and compared them with the reality, I could create a web application to present the results.
I decided to use Svelte with Vite. It was my first time using these two technologies. I liked Svelte but won’t choose it over React. Vite, on the other hand, has performed well in comparison to Webpack. Good bye, Webpack!
Stack used for this project:
- Python
- PIL
- extcolors
- Svelte
- Vite
- PicoCss
