Tricolour
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/220px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
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Tricolor or tricolour (meaning "three colours") is, in most cases, a flag or banner that has three colours. Tricolour is a specific type of a flag with three stripes. The stripes can be horizontal (across), vertical (up and down) or diagonal (neither up and down nor across).