French flag color meaning and represents

The colors on the french flag symbolize the History of french nation stages over the Historical centuries .
The colors of the french flag represent the three main areas of the Ancient Régime (the clergy; so meaning of french flag colors in details may be as following :


white color represents :
the nobility of the middle red and blue).
Blue color of the french flag represents :as the symbol of the bourgeoisie, the first in the list
The color red of the french flag means :the nobility, comes last.
The two extreme colors are located on each side of white referring to a higher order. While the blue is the color of the bourgeoisie during the medieval times, the white May be linked to Joan of Arc (first use with a lamb) and, later; along with the fleur de lys, to the monarchy.

Good Images of the French Flag Colors along with the times :




















The colors on the french flag standing for :

The colors of the french flag "combine" the different symbols, invented after the fact:
- Blue is the color of Saint Martin, a rich Gallo-Roman tore his blue coat and his sword to give half of it to a poor beggar who was himself in the snow. It is the symbol of care, the obligation that rich countries should help the poor.
- White is the color of the Virgin Mary, in which the Kingdom of France was consecrated by Louis XIII in the 17th century, it is also the color of Joan of Arc, whose banner the English were finally expelled from United Kingdom (15th century). It became logically the color of royalty. The King's ships made plain to the sea of white flags.
- Red is the color of Saint Denis, the patron saint of Paris. The original banner (war banner) of the Kings was the red banner of Saint Denis.

Pierre Gay, 15 September 1998

Most french flags, at least at the beginning of their use, have a very dark blue hue, sometimes called blue flag (blue flag). Petit Larousse Illustre was nothing blue flag, but it has:
Royal blue: blue supported (the french flag) (blue: strong blue, french blue flag).
Therefore, it seems that using a dark blue for the french flag has been widely accepted because it is highligted examplify to the "royal blue" shade.

Ivan Sache, 23 September 2001