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.

French President Emmanuel Macron greets U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, on August 26, 2019. A flag with the darker shade of blue can be seen behind Macron.

In France’s second-largest city, Lyon, a man buying flags told euronews: “For those who unfortunately are not here anymore, it really matters to say ‘we are French’. People have died for that.

Those who insult the French flag could face a 1,500 euro fine France has introduced a rule to protect its national flag from insult after a photo of a man wiping his bottom with the tricolour ...