Dutch Tricolor Lineage

The oldest tricolor tradition in vexillology, descending from the sixteenth-century Dutch Prinsenvlag and Statenvlag.

Directly inspired both horizontal red-white-blue flags (Netherlands, Luxembourg) and the wider European adoption of red, white, and blue as maritime colors of liberty.

Flags in the Dutch Tricolor Lineage (3)

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  FranceAdopted 1794-02-15 · Ratio 2:3Colors: blue, white, red
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  NetherlandsAdopted 1937-02-19 · Ratio 2:3Colors: red, white, blue
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  LuxembourgAdopted 1972-06-23 · Ratio 3:5Colors: red, white, light blue

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