Question: what was the color of the first haitian flag

title: Flag of Haiti
text: The first purely Haitian flag was adopted on 18 May 1803 , on the last day of the Congress of Arcahaie , about 80 kilometres ( 50 mi ) north of Port - au - Prince . Haitian lore holds that the newly appointed revolutionary leader Jean - Jacques Dessalines created the flag by taking a French tricolor and ripping out the white center , which he discarded . He then asked Catherine Flon , his god - daughter , to sew the remaining bands together . The white pale removed , the blue was taken to represent Haiti 's black citizens and the red the gens de couleur . The story is widely known in Haiti : the anniversary of the date is celebrated as the Haitian Flag Day and images of Catherine Flon have appeared on Haitian currency and stamps . 

Answer: answer: Haitian lore holds that the newly appointed revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines created the flag by taking a French tricolor and ripping out the white center. The white pale removed, the blue was taken to represent Haiti's black citizens and the red the gens de couleur.
answer: Haitian lore holds that the flag was created by taking a French tricolor and ripping out the white center. The white pale removed, the blue was taken to represent Haiti's black citizens and the red the gens de couleur.