White is the traditional color of French royalty, red and blue are the traditional livery colors of paris, the country's capital city. the color red is said to come from the flag of Saint-Denis, first bishop of Paris and patron saint of the town.
The flag was adopted in 1794 and is one of the worlds oldest flags. It was drawn by Jacques Louis David, famous French painter, but it has its origins in July 1789. Shortly after the fall of the Bastille, the king visiting the Paris town hall was handed a blue and red cocard - the colours of the town - which he put on his hat next to the white cocard (French royalty emblem at the time), as a gesture towards the people of Paris. The white flag replaced the three-colour flag in 1814-1815, and from 1815 to 1830, during the two first periods when the monarchy was reinstated.
There is no relationship between the French flag and the country of Cameroon. The related question "what do the colors of the French flag stand for" is answered below.
The red circle refers to the rising sun.
The colors of the French flag are red, white, and blue.
Yes, flags often have specific meanings and can symbolize aspects such as national identity, heritage, values, and history. The colors, symbols, and design elements on a flag can all contribute to its overall meaning and representation.
Blue, White, and Red!!(:
the French flag has three vertical bars: blue to the mast, white in the center, then red.
"the colors of the Belgian flag" translates as "les couleurs du drapeau Belge" in French. These colors are black, yellow and red, that reads "noir, jaune, rouge" in French.
On their flag the colors are red, white and blue.
The middle stripe of the French flag is WHITE.
No. Those colors were already traditional for flags. The colors of the American flag were taken from the colours of the Great Seal of the United States. The colors were the same as the British flag and were chosen simply because they were traditional flag colors. The symbolic meanings for the particular colors (to match the symbolism on the flag) were suggested at a later date, based on the same sort of rationales used in European coats-of-arms.
The star in the middle of the Ethiopian flag represents unity and diversity. The colors of the flag are red (strength), green (the land), yellow (hope), and blue (peace).
The blue on the French flag is said to be the color of the flag of one of the patron saints of Paris, Saint-Denis. What is sure is that blue and red were the colors of the flag of the town of Paris, when the French flag was officially created.