In classical heraldry, only four colors and two metals are used. Red symbolizes blood, energy and strength. Azure - sky and water, nobility and purity. In a narrow sense - royal power. Greens are nature and mobs are the ground or sand of the tournament arena. The colors yellow and white represent the metals: gold and silver. But now the interpretation of the colors of the flags rarely coincides with the traditional one.
Colors of the flag of the Russian Federation
So, there is no official interpretation of the colors of the Russian flag. Unofficially, there are three options for the interpretation of colors and none of them can be considered true. Each of them reflects only someone's subjective opinion.
According to the first version, red means statehood, blue means the patronage of the Mother of God, and white means freedom and independence.
According to the second, "sovereign" version, the colors of the flag symbolize the unity of the Slavic peoples. According to this version, red means Great Russia, blue - Little Russia, white - Belarus.
Well, according to the third version, red symbolizes the blood shed for the Fatherland, strength and energy. Blue is loyalty and constant. White - peace, purity, purity and constancy.
Colors of the flag of the United States of America
At the time of adoption, in 1776, there was no official interpretation for the colors of the US flag. However, already in the next year, 1777, a proposal was made to consider:
“White on the vertical stripes used on the flag of the United States of America denotes purity and purity. Red is courage and valor. Blue, a wide stripe in the upper left corner of the flag, signifies vigilance, perseverance and justice."
The stars on the American flag are a symbol of heaven and the divine goal that man has strived for since time immemorial. And the stripes symbolize the rays of light emanating from the sun.
The interpretation of stars and stripes appeared much later, in the second half of the twentieth century.
Colors of the flag of Germany
The imperial banner of the medieval Holy Roman Empire also had a color scheme similar to that of the flag of modern Germany.
The interpretation of the colors of the flag has changed over time. Most often, black symbolized difficult years, gold - a happy future of freedom and independence, red - blood and struggle. During the period of the "liberation war" of 1813-14, as the Germans call the campaign of the Russian army led by Alexander I to Paris, a call appeared: "From the blackness of slavery through bloody battles to the golden light of freedom."
Since then, the colors red, black and gold have become a symbol of the struggle of the German people against the Napoleonic occupation.
Colors of the flag of France
The French tricolor, with three vertical stripes in blue, red and white, was adopted in 1794.
Red and blue are the traditional colors of Paris and its heavenly patrons. Red stands for Saint Martin of Tours, blue for Saint Denis, the first Christian bishop of Paris.
White was added during the years of the French Revolution as an emblem of the revolutionary militia. Since then, the tricolor flag has become a national symbol.
According to the old interpretation, the colors of the flag represented the three main estates of the country: white - the clergy, red - the nobility, and blue - the bourgeoisie. According to modern "folk", white means peace and honesty, red means courage and courage, blue means truth and loyalty.
