These were called cockades. I have also read about them being called tricolors.
tricolor
The Paris militia wore red and blue ribbons on their hats. Because of the role played by the militia in the revolution, the revolutionaries adopted these colors for their flag, along with white, the traditional color of France.
The rooster was chosen to represent France since its etymological root, gallus, also stands for Gaul, the name of the country before it became France.Not linked to monarchy, it was as a symbol adopted by revolutionaries and late 19th century historians. It also figures on the top of many church belltowers.
The symbol on the flag is the Maple Leaf and it that symbol was adopted on the day the flag was adopted, February 15, 1965.
the cocarde (English 'cockade') was adopted as a rallying sign by revolutionaries. Cockades were popular at the time and the mayor of Paris presented the king Louis XVI, a blue and red cockade (the colours of the town) which the king put next to his white one. There are several different stories about the birth of that three-coloured cockade, which according to the French historian Bernard Coppens, existed days before the king's visit to the Pairs town hall.
The symbol for eating disorders in general is a periwinkle ribbon. There is no symbol for anorexia that is agreed on.
So, i'm french, and the colors of the French flag represent: - For the blue : It's the color of Paris - For the white : It's the color of the nobility at the time of the French Revolution - For the red : It's the color of revolutionaries Bye and I hope I didn't make mistakes (for translate) ;)
See the Ribbon
The purple ribbon symbolizes pancreatic cancer awareness.
Red
it is a broken ribbon
Bastille Day. It commemorates when the French Revolutionaries tore down the Bastille prison/ armory and has become a symbol of the revolution ever since. It's similar to the 4th of July in the U.S.