Mr Macron wanted to bring back the navy blue flag, a symbol of the French Revolution, Europe 1 said. However, both the darker and lighter flags have been in use for decades.

Paris: In a very unnoticeable change, France President Emmanuel Macron has changed one of the colors of the official French flag and opted for a slightly darker shade of blue. As per reports, the ...

It's a change so subtle it went unnoticed for almost three years. But President Emmanuel Macron ordered a change to the colour of the French flag to find echoes of heroism in France's past.

After France's new shade of blue was introduced last year without anybody noticing, we look into the flag changes in Europe that caused a stir over the year.

France changed the color of it's flag over a year ago and no one noticed. French news outlets revealed on Sunday that the blue third of the flag was made darker.

Mr Macron wanted to bring back the navy blue flag, a symbol of the French Revolution, Europe 1 said. However, both the darker and lighter flags have been in use for decades.