Tricolor flag

Flags with only three colors

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A tricolour is a flag with only three colors. Continental Europe country Most of the national flags are tricolor. Among the tricolor flags, red, white and blue are the majority. For example, the Netherlands, Russia, France, etc.

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Why are many national flags of European countries "tricolor"? 2021-09-06 17:52

At the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, representatives of 204 countries and regions entered the stadium slowly holding their own flags. The national flags of many European countries are tricolor flags with similar colors and stripes. The "Eight Minutes in Paris" at the end of the closing ceremony, the core element running through this video is the blue, white and red colors of the French flag, which makes people all over the world deeply appreciate the love of the French people for this flag. ... Details

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Chinese name: Tricolor flag
Foreign name: Tricolour
Color: Red, white, blue, yellow, green, etc

Origin: Netherlands
Earliest time: 1568
Scale: 30%、33%、37%
Typical countries: Netherlands, Russia, France, etc

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Flag of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

When it comes to the tricolor flags of European countries, people naturally think of the red, white and blue tricolor flags of France, which may be related to the influence of French culture. As we all know, blue, white and red represent freedom, equality and fraternity, and are the banner of bourgeois revolution. July 14, 1789, during the French Revolution the National Guard Commander Lafayette's representative color in Paris -- between blue and red, plus white, which symbolizes the French royal family Cap badge The famous tricolor flag was born. On the national flag, from the side near the flagpole, there are blue, white and red rectangular vertical bars, with the width of 30%, 33% and 37% respectively.

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In Western European countries, the Netherlands and Luxembourg also use red, white and blue flags. The national flags of both countries are composed of three parallel red, white and blue rectangles from top to bottom. The only difference is that the shades of blue are different. In 1568, the Dutch waved orange, white and blue flags to resist the Spanish colonial rule. Later, in order to be easy to identify in battle and sea navigation, they replaced orange with red. Historically, Luxembourg and the Netherlands once formed a federation. Luxembourg After independence, the national flag was officially changed to red, white and light blue to show that Dutch flag Differences.^[1]

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