a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)
<noun.artifact> [ adj ]
having or involving three colors
<adj.all> trichromatic vision a trichromatic printing process trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors tricolor plumage a tricolor process in photography
Tricolor \Tri"col`or\, n. [F. tricolore, drapeau tricolore a tricolored flag, fr. tricolore three-colored; tri (see {Tri-}) + L. color color.] [Written also {tricolour}.] 1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.
2. Hence, any three-colored flag.
They reluctantly lowered their colors and raised the Estonian blue, black, and white tricolor only after the coup attempt in Moscow failed.
The largest group, 50 members of the Temple Mount Faithful, carried the French tricolor flag marked with a black stain.
In Paris, a score of former Resistance fighters stood in formation underneath a huge tricolor by the eternal flame burning at the monument in honor of France's unknown soldier.
An estimated 250,000 people watched the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin today, wearing shamrocks and waving Irish tricolor flags to honor Ireland's patron saint.
With the flap of the French tricolor and the pop of champagne corks, 27 French automobiles cruised around Tiananmen Square today to celebrate the completion of the first Paris-to-Beijing car rally.