[7] Blue and white appear to have been historically used by Greeks for several centuries, and were used during revolts against the Ottomans prior to the 1821 revolution.
[11] In addition to the constitution, the delegates selected Athens as the new national capital, though it had yet to be conquered from the Ottoman Empire.
[12] They also selected a new standard for the troops, a "white cross on an azure field",[12] a new naval flag, and new national colours, sky blue and white;[13][14][15] the new colours replaced those used by Alexander Ypsilantis, and the black used by the Filiki Eteria,[12][16] and were specified in the Constitution.
[17] The coat of arms of Greece consists of a white cross on a blue escutcheon which is surrounded by two laurel branches.
[22] An official report from the 1896 Summer Olympics stated that pigeons adorned with ribbons in the national colours were released from Panathenaic Stadium after Spyridon Louis, winner of the marathon, was introduced to accept his medal and a trophy.