Flag of France - Wikipedia
The national flag of France (drapeau national de la France) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue , white, and red. The design was adopted after the French Revolution, whose revolutionaries were influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands.
Why has France has changed the blue on its flag? - BBC
Nov 16, 2021 · The French President Emmanuel Macron has changed one of the colours on France's official flag, using a darker shade of blue. The new flags were hoisted above the presidential palace last...
Macron switches to using navy blue on France's flag - reports - BBC
Nov 14, 2021 · President Emmanuel Macron has switched to using a darker navy blue on the official French flag, replacing the previous brighter shade, officials have told local media. The move saw flags in the...
Macron reverts France’s flag back to French Revolution blue
Nov 16, 2021 · France has changed its tricolour flag to its pre-1970’s navy-toned predecessor as an homage to the French Revolution.
France changed the color of its flag - Business Insider
Nov 15, 2021 · France changed the color blue used in the country's flag, and the detail went unnoticed for more than a year, according to multiple reports. French President Emmanuel Macron decided in July 2020 to...
Macron reverts French flag to navy blue from lighter EU shade
Nov 15, 2021 · The French presidency has reverted the blue of the country's tricolour flag back to the pre-1976 navy tone in a nod to the Revolution. The change of blue of the flags adorning the Elysée Palace...
History of the French flag - France This Way
During the Revolution of 1848, the red flag was raised by radicals supporting a socialist alternative government to the new French Second Republic while moderates rallied to the tricolore. In World War II, Vichy France continued to use the traditional French standard.
Emmanuel Macron changed colour of French flag in 'very political ...
Nov 15, 2021 · Emmanuel Macron has changed one of the colours of the official French flag, opting for a darker shade of blue. The French president's administration quietly introduced the navy blue over a year ago, and until now there was no explanation given.
The history behind the subtle change in the French Flag
Dec 1, 2022 · In 1790, the flag was changed to a tricolour representing the changed values of a France led by the people, though it wasn’t until 1794 that the tricolour settled into the order of NAVY blue, white, and red.
Macron's covert change of blue to tricolour French flag 'echoes …
Nov 21, 2021 · It's a change so subtle it went unnoticed for almost three years, but President Emmanuel Macron ordered a deeper colour change to the French flag to symbolise the heroics of France's past.