Labels:earth | primary color for pigments | shade | sky OCR: ITALY The Italian flag was patterned on the French tricolor The French general Napoleon invaded Italy in the late 1700s At the time, Italy was made up f small states, many af therm under foreign rule. Many Italians saw Napoleon libera tor and some f them served in his army. Napoleon himself designed this flag for his Italian urits He replaced the blue of : the French flag with his favorite color, green. variation s f this flag was used by 19th- and 20th-century kings of Italy northern units centur