How many colors are on the French flag?
Answer
Three
How many colors are on the French flag? Three: blue, white, and red. The flag is a vertical tricolor, with blue nearest the flagpole, white in the center, and red on the outer edge.
The design emerged during the French Revolution. In 1790, blue and red—colors associated with Paris—were combined with white, traditionally linked to the French monarchy. The arrangement and proportions changed during the early revolutionary period, but the modern three-band design was formally adopted in 1794.
France's Constitution describes the national emblem as the blue, white, and red tricolor. The colors are sometimes given in French as bleu, blanc, rouge. A common mix-up is confusing the French flag with similarly colored flags such as the Netherlands or Russia; France's bands are vertical, while those flags use horizontal stripes. The shades of blue and red have also varied slightly over time, but the number of colors has remained three.