Why did the Dutch flag change? Originally, the Dutch flag was coloured: orange-white-blue, from top to bottom. Today, the colour is red-white-blue. It is one of the oldest national flags in the world and it inspired many other famous red-white-blue flags, such as the one of Luxembourg, France and Russia. Ours is the mother of all red-white-blue flags. But why the red? The orange was an obvious reference of the royal house of Orange, the family that supplies our kings and queens even today. That is why Dutch football supporters are always dressed in orange, and why everyone in the Netherlands dresses in orange on King’s Day. One possible reason is dye technology. Back in the day, the dye that was available to produce an orange colour tended to ‘fade’ to red over time under the influence of sunlight. Flags had to be replaced regularly because they simply stopped having the correct colour. At some point, someone said: enough is enough, let’s just say that our flag is ‘red-white-blue’, and...
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