“The tricolor of blue, white and red still hangs on official buildings, but the blue is now dark blue,” the newspaper said.
The French President made the decision to change the color back in July 2020 on the advice of the Operations Director of the Elysee Palace Arnaud Jolenshowever, it caused some controversy in the palace.
The public was not officially informed about this decision, the newspaper writes.
Context:
In 1976, under President Giscard d’Estaing, the French state introduced a brighter blue color on the tricolor, which coincided with the blue color of the EU flag. The French Navy and many of the country’s official buildings have always used a dark blue hue.
The dark blue hue was on the 1793 flag – a symbol of the French Revolution.
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