Flag of France
The colors, design and underlying philosophy of the French Republic’s flag have made it the most influential in the world. Since its adoption in 1794, the tricolor design or its colors or both, have been used by revolutionary movements and new nations the world over to represent their ideals and their spirit. The colors are thought to be the blue and red of Paris, and white for the Bourdon monarchy, although they have other associations dating back to the reign of Charlemagne. The austere 1794 design, a deliberately radical departure from the more fussy flags of the time, symbolized the new republican principles.
The flag of France (identified in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau français, and in military idiom as les couleurs) is a tricolor characterizing three vertical bands colored blue (hoist side), white, and red. The colors are frequently linked with liberty, equality, and fraternity, which are the principles of the French Revolution.
The definition of the colors is as follows,
Scheme |
Blue |
White |
Red |
Pantone |
Reflex Blue |
Safe |
Red 032 |
CMYK |
100.70.0.5 |
0.0.0.0 |
0.90.86.0 |
RGB |
(0,85,164) |
(255,255,255) |
(239,65,53) |
HTML |
#0055A4 |
#FFFFFF |
#EF4135 |
NCS |
S 2565 R80B |
N/A |
S 0580 Y80R |
The ratio of the flag is 2:3.
