What is the importance of the "tricolor" in the novel, The Women of Chateau Lafayette?

The tricolor or blue, white, and red was chosen after the king agreed to a constitutional monarchy as Lafayette wanted (288). Red and blue were chosen as a Revolutionary cockade for the colors of Paris, and Lafayette added white to symbolize the white ribbon of the monarchy (288). The tricolor shows up several times throughout the remainder of the novel in the form of pins and flags. It represents the Revolution and those that stand with Lafayette.