Do you know what the tricolor means?

For the French, the "Tricolor" is synonymous with the French flag!

The French flag consists of three colors: blue, white, and red.

The most popular theory about the origin of this color scheme is that it combines the blue and red that were the symbolic colors of Paris during the French Revolution in 1789 with the white that was the color of the monarchy and France.

At that time, the militia's colours were red and blue and they wore cap badges of these colours.

When Louis XVI visited Paris City Hall, he had the militia wear a tricolor cap, combining the red and blue colors of the militia with the white color that symbolizes the monarchy, as a sign of the "sublime and eternal alliance between the monarch and the people."

By the way…

The French motto is proposed to be "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," and it is said that each color represents one of the mottos.

Blue: Liberty, bourgeoisie

⚫︎White: equality, clergy

⚫︎Red: Fraternity, philanthropy, nobility

But this seems to be a myth!