Flag of France facts for kids
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| Name | Tricolour |
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| Use | National flag |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | June 1976 (Dark version first adopted on 15 February 1794) |
| Design | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red |
| Designed by | Lafayette, Jacques-Louis David |
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Variant flag of France
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| Use | National flag |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 5 March 1848 (First time adopted 15 February 1794) |
| Design | As above, but with the dark shades |
Variant flag of France
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| Use | National ensign |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 17 May 1853 (Previously the same as the national flag) Used in the darker shade |
| Design | As above, but with bars in proportion 30:33:37. (See French ensigns.) |
The Flag of France is called the "Tricolour" (French: le drapeau tricolore). It was adopted 15 February 1794. It is blue, white and red. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing chose the current colors.
Images for kids
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Multiple French flags as commonly flown from public buildings. Note that these flags use the lighter shades of blue and red.
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Lamartine, before the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, rejects the Red Flag, 25 February 1848. By Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux
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The French soldiers started to use white crosses, during the Hundred Years' War, to distinguish themselves from the English soldiers wearing red crosses.
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Regimental flag of the 1st Regiment of Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard (1812)
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Current regimental flags of the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the French Foreign Legion
