The Olympic symbol of the Olympic Games consists of five rings in different colors which are intertwined together on a white background. The rings have the same size and are organized in two rows. The first row has blue, black and red rings, and the second row has a yellow and a green ring. In 1913, Pierre de Coubertin used these five colors for the symbol’s rings for the first time. Each ring corresponds to one of the five continents and their union symbolizes friendship and peace among the peoples of earth. The white color of the background stands for the absence of boundaries and borders.