--- description: The iconic Manhattan landmark displayed only the red, white and blue of the French tricolor as a gesture of respect. title: Empire State Building Goes Dark image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f4b86ab1cff23e2/6987795835ba6feacfc066e1/461373296.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Empire State Building Went Dark For _Charlie Hebdo_ Victims by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 12, 2015 4:24 AM CUT  The Empire State building is lighted up in the colors of the French flag to pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the terrorist attacks at Charlie Hedbo on January 11, 2015 in New York. The Empire State building is lighted up in the colors of the French flag to pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the terrorist attacks at Charlie Hedbo on January 11, 2015 in New York.TIMOTHY A. CLARY—AFP/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 12, 2015 4:24 AM CUT The Empire State Building went dark for five minutes at 8 p.m. on Sunday, displaying only red, white and blue lights — the French tricolor — at its pinnacle to show solidarity with the victims of the terror attacks on French satire magazine _Charlie Hebdo_. The show of solidarity from the New York City landmark came as [more than a million people](http://time.com/3662772/paris-march-solidarity-terrorism/ "undefined") took to the streets in Paris, in a massive show of defiance to terrorists who killed 17 people over three days. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3663295/empire-state-building-dark-french-flag-charlie-hebdo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3663295/empire-state-building-dark-french-flag-charlie-hebdo/"},"headline":"The Empire State Building Went Dark For Charlie Hebdo Victims","datePublished":"2015-01-12T04:24:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:28:49.560Z","description":"Gesture of solidarity comes as over a million take to the streets of Paris","url":"https://time.com/3663295/empire-state-building-dark-french-flag-charlie-hebdo/","keywords":["France","New York City","paris","Charlie Hebdo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f4b86ab1cff23e2/6987795835ba6feacfc066e1/461373296.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f4b86ab1cff23e2/6987795835ba6feacfc066e1/461373296.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US -EMPIRE STATE BUILDING-CHARLIE HEBDO","caption":"US -EMPIRE STATE BUILDING-CHARLIE HEBDO","creditText":"TIMOTHY A. CLARY—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3663295/empire-state-building-dark-french-flag-charlie-hebdo/","name":"The Empire State Building Went Dark For Charlie Hebdo Victims"}}]}] ```