What Does the Blue White and Red Flag Mean

Flags of white, red and blue stripes (bands) are closely associated with independence and the French Revolution. It can often signal the relationships of some nations with other nations (for instance, the flag of the Netherlands and flags of its former colonies).^[1]

The Dutch tricolor, the first known example of the tricolor, stood for liberty and republicanism, and the Netherlands flag influenced the tricolour flags of France and Russia.^[2]

The flag model was put forward in the French Revolution with the tricolore, a term which to this day, can refer to the flag of France directly, rather than all tricolors. The French Tricolour has become one of the most influential flags in history, with its three-colour scheme being adopted by many other nations, both in Europe and the rest of the world, and, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica has historically stood "in symbolic opposition to the autocratic and clericalist royal standards of the past".^[3]

With an independent origin, the British Union Jack was drawn up to represent the union of England and Scotland. The American flag or Stars and Stripes made a major contribution to the modern flag tradition and the idea of a flag representing both population and government, like the French flag after the Revolution.^[2]

The various blue, white, and red striped banners were adopted, somewhat changing the order and position of stripes (vertical and horizontal). The Russian flag was adopted by Peter the Great based on the Dutch flag, during his effort to build a Western-oriented navy.^[4]

They also became the Pan-Slavic colors, particularly Austro-Slavism in countries that became independent from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.^[5]

Dual bands [edit]

Triband [edit]

Design	Entity, meaning	Status	Features of design	Origin
Horizontal triband
Blue-red-white	Rocha	Within Uruguay	Charged
	Sorbs	Ethnic		Pan-Slavic
Blue-white-red	Chile	1817
	Principality of Lucca and Piombino	1805-1809
	Principality of Piombino	1805-1814
	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	1918-1929		Pan-Slavic
	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1929-1946		Pan-Slavic
	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia	1943-1946	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia	1946-1963	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	1963-1991	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	1992-2003		Pan-Slavic
	Serbia and Montenegro	2003-2006		Pan-Slavic
	Kingdom of Slavonia	mid 1800s-1852; 1860–1918		Pan-Slavic
	Republic of Crimea	Within Russia
	Autonomous Republic of Crimea	Within Ukraine
	Espírito Santo	Within Brazil	Charged
	Fort Smith	Within USA	Cantoned
	Gagauzia	Within Moldova	Charged
	Kayin State	Within Burma	Charged
	Khakassia	Within Russia	Vertical green band	Russian
	Mannheim	Within Germany
	Mississippi	Within USA, 1894–2020	Cantoned	American
	Mindanao	Within Philippines	Charged
	Sabah	Within Malaysia	Cantoned
	Schleswig-Holstein	Within Germany
	Valledupar	Within Colombia
	Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Within Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1946–1992	In canton	Pan-Slavic
	Mari El	Within Russia, 2006-2011	Charged	Russian
	Pan-Slavic	Ethnic, since 1848		Russian
	Rusyns	Ethnic	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Turov	Within Belarus		Russian
Red-blue-white	Serbia	National	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Misiones	Within Argentina
	Republika Srpska	Within Bosnia and Herzegovina		Pan-Slavic
	Vojvodina	Within Serbia		Pan-Slavic
	Kingdom of Montenegro	1905-1918	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Socialist Republic of Montenegro	Within Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1943–1992	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Montenegro	Within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1993-2004	Red-azure-white	Pan-Slavic
	Kingdom of Serbia	1882–1918	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Socialist Republic of Serbia	Within Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1943–1992	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Serbia	1992-2004		Pan-Slavic
	Serbian Krajina	Unrecognized, 1991–1995	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia	Self-proclaimed, 1995–1998	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Serbian Orthodox Church	Religious	Charged	Pan-Slavic
Red-white-blue	Croatia	National	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Luxembourg	National	Red-white-azure	Dutch
	Netherlands	National		Prince's Flag (oldest tricolour)
	Paraguay	National	Charged
	Batavian Republic	1795–1806	Charged	Dutch
	Orange Free State	1857-1902	In canton	Dutch
	State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs	1918		Pan-Slavic
	South Africa	1928-1994	Element of charge	Dutch
	Transvaal	1857-1874, 1875-1877, 1881-1902	Vertical green band	Dutch
	Dallas	Within USA	Fimbriated, charged
	Fort Lauderdale	Within USA	Charged
	Labuan	Within Malaysia	Charged
	Lavalleja	Within Uruguay	Charged
	Luxembourg (province)	Within Belgium	Charged	Luxembourgish
	Missouri	Within USA	Charged	French
	Mobile	Within USA	Charged
	Mordovia	Within Russia	Charged	Russian
	New Orleans	Within USA	Charged	French, American
	Odessa	Within USA	Charged
	Komi-Permyak Okrug	Within Russia	Charged	Russian
	Samara Oblast	Within Russia	Charged	Russian
	Samara	Within Russia	Charged	Russian
	Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia	Within Austria-Hungary, 1868–1918		Pan-Slavic
	Socialist Republic of Croatia	Within Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1943–1990	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Herzeg-Bosnia	Within Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991–1996	Charged	Pan-Slavic
White-blue-red	Russia	National
	Slovakia	National	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Slovenia	National	Charged	Pan-Slavic
	Transnistria	Within Moldova Co-National		Pan-Slavic
	Chukotka	Within Russia	In charge	Russian
	First Slovak Republic	1939-1945		Pan-Slavic
	Socialist Republic of Slovenia	Within Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1943–1990	Charged	Pan-Slavic
White-red-blue	Tricolour of the Czech Republic	Czech Republic
	Maracaibo	Within Venezuela	Charged
	Bydgoszcz	Within Poland	Charged
	Manatí, Puerto Rico	Within Puerto Rico
	Schaumburg-Lippe	Within Germany, 1880–1935
	Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	Within Nazi Germany, 1939–1945
Vertical triband
Blue-white-red	France	National
	Balilihan, Bohol	Within Philippines	Charged
	Bayonne	Within USA	Charged
	Bohol	Within Philippines	Charged
	Iowa	Within USA	Charged	French
	Kansas City	Within USA	Charged
	Madawaska	Within USA	Charged
	Novgorod Oblast	Within Russia	Charged	Russian
	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Within France	In canton	French
	Timóteo	Within Brazil	Charged
	Wallis and Futuna	Within France, unofficial	In canton	French
	Aleppo	Within France, 1920-1924	In canton	French
	Alawite State	Within France, 1920-1938	In canton	French
	Annam	Within France, 1874-1949	In canton	French
	Gabon	Within France, 1959-1960	In canton	French
	Laos	Within French Indochina, 1893-1953	In canton	French
	Louisiana	Within Confederate States of America, unofficial, 1861	Charged	French
	Togo	Within France, 1957-1958	In canton	French
	Tunisia	Unofficial, Within France, 1881-1956	In canton	French
	Acadian	Ethnic	Charged	French
Red-white-blue	France	1790–1794
	Alagoas	Within Brazil	Charged
	Cleveland	Within USA	Charged	American
	Córdoba	Within Argentina	Charged
	Santa Fe	Within Argentina	Charged
	Teresópolis	Within Brazil	Charged
	Tango	International maritime signal
	Three	International maritime signal	Pennon
Diagonal triband
Top right to bottom left	Primorsky Krai	Within Russia	Charged	Russian
	Franco-American	Ethnic	Charged	French

Five bands [edit]

Design	Entity, meaning	Status	Features of design
Horizontal five bands
Blue, white, red, white, blue	Cabo Verde	National	charged
	Costa Rica	National
	North Korea	National	Fimbriated, charged
	Allied-occupied Germany	1946-1949	Swallowtail
	Charlie	International maritime signal
Red, white, blue, white, red	Thailand	National
	Erie	Within USA	Fimbriated, charged
Others	Richmond, Virginia	Within USA	Fimbriated, charged
	Kirghizia	within USSR, 1952-1992	Fimbriated, charged
	Puerto Rico	Within USA
	Cuba	National
Vertical five bands
Blue, white, red, white, blue	Santiago del Estero	within Argentina	Charged

More than five bands [edit]

• United States of America, national, cantoned
• Hawaii, within USA, cantoned
• Liberia, national, cantoned
• Malaysia, national, cantoned
• Kuala Lumpur, within Malaysia, charged
• Serapis flag of the American Revolution, cantoned
• Louisiana, within Confederate States of America, 1861, cantoned

Different directions [edit]

• Duchy of Modena and Reggio, 1830–1859
• Netherlands Antilles, within Netherlands, cantoned, 1954-2010
• Entre Ríos, within Argentina
• Arlington, within USA, charged
• Memphis, within USA, charged
• Tuamotus, within French Polynesia, charged
• United Kingdom (Union Jack), national flag
  • List of countries and territories with the Union Jack displayed on their flag
• Norway, national, cantoned
• Iceland, national, cantoned

See also [edit]

• List of flags by color combination
• List of flags by design
• Tricolor

References [edit]

1. ^ Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - South Africa Flags
2. ^ ^{a b} Eriksen, Thomas Hylland; Jenkins, Richard (2007). Flag, Nation and Symbolism in Europe and America. Routledge. p. 23. ISBN9781134066964 . Retrieved 29 January 2019.
3. ^ "flag of France | History & Meaning". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 2021-05-26 .
4. ^ "Flag of Russia". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 2021-07-22 .
5. ^ (Dictionary of Vexillology: P (Padded Emblem - Pantone Matching System)

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