As for blue passports, these are quite common, with 81 countries having them. These are mainly countries from the Caribbean and the Americas, such as Canada, Jamaica, and Barbados. Australia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, and India, too, issue blue passports. The United States has a blue passport as well, with the color of the travel document corresponding to the blue in the American flag, but it wasn’t always like that. In fact, before 1976, American passports were issued in various shades of red, green, and even beige at different time periods.
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To view all the passport colors in the world, you can visit this website: Passport Index. There, you can categorize passports by color and also search for specific countries in the search field on this website.
As you can probably tell, most countries feature dark colors, and there are a few reasons for that, too. On one hand, darker passports won’t look dirty with use and they look more official than bright colors. On the other hand, though, dark colors make the country’s insignia, commonly printed in silver or gold, stand out better and be more legible. In fact, China reportedly chose the black cover color solely for aesthetic purposes.
Lastly, diplomatic travel documents often feature a different color than regular passports. Chinese diplomatic passports are red, for example, because diplomats are believed to be representatives of the communist party. Likewise, organizations like the Interpol have their own passport color - black, whereas UN passports are always blue.
Who knew passport cover colors meant so much?!
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