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The national flag of the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a variant of the late 16th century orange-white-blue Prinsenvlag ("Prince's Flag"), evolving in the early 17th century as the red-white-blue Statenvlag ("States Flag"), the naval flag of the States-General of the Dutch Republic, making the Dutch ...
Governmental flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy: Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Navy. 2001-2010: Governmental flag of the Royal Netherlands Army: Dark green flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete.
Oranjegekte (Dutch: [oːˈrɑɲəˌɣɛktə]; 'orange craze') or Oranjekoorts (Dutch: [oːˈrɑɲəˌkoːrts]; 'orange fever') is a phenomenon in the Netherlands that occurs during major sporting events, especially international football championships, Formula One Grands Prix and during Koningsdag, an annual holiday celebrating the king's birthday.
The Dutch national team is known as the Oranje and frequently sports the bright orange kits. How did that color become synonymous with the Netherlands?
The colours are orange, white and blue. On the basis of the French names of these colours, orange-blanc-bleu, the flag is also referred to by the Dutch rhymes oranje-blanje-bleu and ranje-blanje-bleu. This flag is controversial in the Netherlands due to its usage in the past by the pro-Nazi NSB.
In Europe and the United States, surveys show that orange is the colour most associated with amusement, the unconventional, extroversion, warmth, fire, energy, activity, danger, taste and aroma, the autumn and Allhallowtide seasons, as well as having long been the national colour of the Netherlands and the House of Orange.
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