I knew the 1790s were wild years, but apparently something happened in 1848 that also made people decide to flip things around.
The dark blue looks better.
I think if Zemmour wins, he’ll bring back the 1848 one.
How did France manage to have three First Republics?
It’s a minor change but I think it looks nicer. Plus, it is essentially the same as the flag from the first republic which is cool.
Esthetically, Royal blue looks better than Navy blue, IMHO.
I feel the marketing department weren’t really trying on that first one.
Meh. I liked the bright blue better. The dark blue is dull and boring.
Maybe it’s because I grow up with it, but lighter shade blue looks better to me. Although, don’t know why it was changed in 1976 as it was traditionally a dark blue tone.
French Aags
France was an empire during the periods 1804-1814, 1815, and 1852-1870, not a republic.
French second republic went completely crazy it seems.
1830’s Kingdom of France pulling some duck-season-rabbit-season shenanigans.
Wtf second republic why
I’m so happy the French second republic isn’t a thing it’s cursed
I often like darker colours but here the contrast between the blue, white and the red makes the Prussian blue look quite off. (Yes, it’s really dark blue, not black mike it looks like). It looks more like a sideways flag of the Weimar Republic than the French flag now.
If they would revise the red and/or the white it’d look way better. Or maybe just by not having such a dark blue
There are mistakes though :
“Banner of France” : I don’t know where this full blue come from. The very first banner used commonly by the Kings of France was the [Oriflamme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriflamme#Appearance) wich is a carolingian legacy and depicted as a full red banner
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What’s the deal with the blue shade?
I knew the 1790s were wild years, but apparently something happened in 1848 that also made people decide to flip things around.
The dark blue looks better.
I think if Zemmour wins, he’ll bring back the 1848 one.
How did France manage to have three First Republics?
It’s a minor change but I think it looks nicer. Plus, it is essentially the same as the flag from the first republic which is cool.
Esthetically, Royal blue looks better than Navy blue, IMHO.
I feel the marketing department weren’t really trying on that first one.
Meh. I liked the bright blue better. The dark blue is dull and boring.
Maybe it’s because I grow up with it, but lighter shade blue looks better to me. Although, don’t know why it was changed in 1976 as it was traditionally a dark blue tone.
French Aags
France was an empire during the periods 1804-1814, 1815, and 1852-1870, not a republic.
French second republic went completely crazy it seems.
1830’s Kingdom of France pulling some duck-season-rabbit-season shenanigans.
Wtf second republic why
I’m so happy the French second republic isn’t a thing it’s cursed
You forgot [this one](https://i.postimg.cc/wv0k2R74/fr.png)
I often like darker colours but here the contrast between the blue, white and the red makes the Prussian blue look quite off. (Yes, it’s really dark blue, not black mike it looks like). It looks more like a sideways flag of the Weimar Republic than the French flag now.
If they would revise the red and/or the white it’d look way better. Or maybe just by not having such a dark blue
There are mistakes though :
“Banner of France” : I don’t know where this full blue come from. The very first banner used commonly by the Kings of France was the [Oriflamme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriflamme#Appearance) wich is a carolingian legacy and depicted as a full red banner
“French First Republic : Yes but this flag actually was used before as the official flag of [Louis XVI’s constitutionnal monarchy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Cabinet_of_Louis_XVI) and is basically the white of the royal banner surrounded by [Paris’s colours](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Paris.svg/180px-Flag_of_Paris.svg.png)
“Kingdom of France, 1815-1830” : actually the Restauration monarchy used differents variations as shown on this historical paintings [here](https://histoire-image.org/sites/default/lar3_beaume_001f.jpg) and [there](https://histoire-image.org/sites/default/vers53_lejeune_001f.jpg)
Ah, that’s it! The previous blue was the monarchy blue. He likes the revolution blue better than the monarchy blue.
It looks black, not blue on my screen.
I honestly like the new blue, looks good
Seriously the classiest flag I’ve seen. The new blue makes all the difference.
I love how in 1794 someone just flipped the flag upside down and everyone went with it.