The noun flag rarely takes fixed prepositions. To flag appears in special contexts, while of flag is usually part of a larger noun phrase.
To flag is possible in expressions such as allegiance to the flag or reference to a flag. Of flag is not a normal fixed combination in modern English, though it may appear inside longer phrases such as the colour of the flag.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use to when expressing loyalty or respect directed toward a flag.
To can follow nouns such as reference or attention before flag.
Of introduces possession or description, not a fixed phrase with flag itself.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
English normally needs an article or a larger structure.
✕ They spoke of flag. ✓ They spoke of the flag.To shows direction or allegiance, not ownership.
✕ the colours to the flag ✓ the colours of the flagFlag usually needs a determiner in specific references.
✕ He saluted flag. ✓ He saluted the flag.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Only in specific contexts such as loyalty to the flag or reference to the flag.
Not usually by itself. English normally uses of the flag or another full phrase.
Flag of plus a country or group is very common, as in the flag of Brazil.
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