the infamous black pirate flag. There was no single design and many notorious pirates created their own flags, but almost all included some form of skull and bones. A Red Flag meant "no quarter" to whomever they were attacking.
The pirates' skull-and-crossbones flag. It was an invitation to surrender, with the implication that those who surrendered would be treated well. A red flag indicated "no quarter." i.e. “I just added a Jolly Roger to my room. It looks sah-weet.
The Jolly Roger is the traditional flag of European and American pirates, envisioned today as a skull over crossed bones on a black field.