--- description: You can turn your profile picture blue, white and red in the wake of the attacks title: Facebook's New Photo Filter Lets Users Show Support for Paris image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03ca55db0cfe1bab/69887117e20a87f77ea8e371/france-flag.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 # Facebook's New Photo Filter Lets You Show Solidarity With Paris  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2015 7:21 PM CUT  French Flag In The Wind, Grimaud, France (Photo by: Education Images/UIG via Getty Images) French Flag In The Wind, Grimaud, France (Photo by: Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)Education Images—UIG via Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2015 7:21 PM CUT Facebook is helping users [show their support](https://www.facebook.com/facebook?%5Frdr=p "undefined") for the people of Paris in the wake of Friday’s terror attacks by allowing them to apply the colors of France’s national flag to their profile pictures. The feature is similar to one Facebook rolled out earlier this year that allowed users to apply rainbow-colored filters to their profile pictures [to celebrate gay pride](http://time.com/3938028/facebook-celebrate-gay-pride/ "undefined"). Users can activate the blue, white and red filter by going to [Facebook’s product/service page](https://www.facebook.com/facebook?%5Frdr=p "undefined") and clicking the “Try it” button on a post about the new filter that’s pinned to the top of the page’s feed. Users also have the option of setting an automatic expiration date for the filter. At least [129 people were killed in the attacks ](http://time.com/4112884/paris-attacks-isis-isil-france-francois-hollande "undefined")across six sites in Paris Friday evening. Authorities are continuing to investigate. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4113171/paris-attacks-facebook-filter-french-flag-profile-picture/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4113171/paris-attacks-facebook-filter-french-flag-profile-picture/"},"headline":"Facebook's New Photo Filter Lets You Show Solidarity With Paris","datePublished":"2015-11-14T19:21:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:56.926Z","description":"You can turn your profile picture blue, white and red in the wake of the attacks","url":"https://time.com/4113171/paris-attacks-facebook-filter-french-flag-profile-picture/","keywords":["Newsfeed","France","facebook","paris","paris attacks","knowrightnow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03ca55db0cfe1bab/69887117e20a87f77ea8e371/france-flag.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03ca55db0cfe1bab/69887117e20a87f77ea8e371/france-flag.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"French Flag In The Wind, Grimaud, France","caption":"French Flag In The Wind, Grimaud, France","creditText":"Education Images—UIG via 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/4113171/paris-attacks-facebook-filter-french-flag-profile-picture/","name":"Facebook's New Photo Filter Lets You Show Solidarity With Paris"}}]}] ```