Flag Fact Friday: The French Flag

The white of the French flag represents the King and is also the traditional color of the House of Bourbon, which ruled France until the French Revolution. The red and blue represent Paris; these were the colors of the revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille 1789.

The tricolour flag's colors are often said to represent liberté (freedom: blue), égalité (equality: white), fraternité (brotherhood: red).