France vs The Netherlands

Same blue, white, and red. France is a vertical tricolor at 2:3, blue at the hoist. The Netherlands is a horizontal tricolor at 2:3, red on top. Stripes beside the pole are France; stripes across the flag are the Netherlands.

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France

The Netherlands

Proportion: 2:3
Adopted: 1794

Colors

Blue #002395
White #FFFFFF
Red #ED2939

Proportion: 2:3
Adopted: 1937

Colors

Bright Vermilion #AD1D25
White #FFFFFF
Cobalt Blue #21468B

Look foron France

Look foron The Netherlands

Vertical bands, blue at the hoist

Horizontal bands, red on top
2:3 ratio

2:3 ratio
Adopted February 15, 1794

Current statute February 19, 1937

Which flag is France?

The Same Colors, Turned on Their Side

France's tricolor was adopted on February 15, 1794. Blue and red come from Paris, white from the Bourbon color in the revolutionary combination. Legal proportion is 2:3. The catalog notes that maritime flags are often cut 30:33:37 so the bands look equal in the wind. The national flag people compare here is the equal vertical tricolor.

The Netherlands flies red, white, and blue in horizontal bands at 2:3. The current statute date is February 19, 1937. The older orange-white-blue Prince's Flag is not the national flag.

Turn France on its side and the colors still do not match the Dutch order, because France reads blue-white-red from the hoist and the Netherlands reads red-white-blue from the top. Direction is enough.