France

Flag of France

Painted Flag Design of France Flag

Painted Flag Design of France Flag

Some flag facts about the flag of France:

  • Tricolour design featuring three vertical bands of blue ( hoist side ), white and red
  • Known as the French Tricolour or the Tricolour
  • Blue and red are the traditional colors of Paris. Blue is identified with Saint Martin and red with Saint Denis
  • Blue and red cockades on hats were used by the Paris militia at the storming of the Bastille in 1789
  • White had been featured as a prominent color on Franch flags and described by Lafayette as the “ancient French colour”
  • White was added to the revolutionary colours of the militia to nationalize the design, creating the tricolor
  • The colours may also represent the clergy ( white ), the nobility ( red ) and the bourgeoisie ( blue ), as well as symbolize freedom ( blue ), equality ( white ) and brotherhood ( red )
  • Officially adopted on July 1830, used as Napoleon Army flag in 1812