Russian tricolor

[Peter Houtzagers]

VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI) wrote:
> I'm confused here.  If Dutch and Russian stripes are HORIZONTAL, how can it
> be that tunrning them upside down gives you the French flag?  

It doesn't. But no matter how you turn our Dutch flag, you'll never get 
the Russian one unless you use scissors, a needle and thread first. 
Probably Peter loved our flag so much (and right he was) that he used 
the colours but changed the order. Maybe he wanted to conceal that it 
was ours :). By the way, you can derive not only the French but also the 
UK and the US flag from the Dutch one. The French turned it sideways and 
the Americans and Brits used essentially the same colours (only the blue 
varies a little) but changed the pattern :)

Peter Houtzagers

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