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The national flag of the Netherlands is a tricolour flag. The horizontal fesses are bands of equal size in the colours from top to bottom, red (officially described as a "bright vermilion "), white (silver), and blue ("cobalt blue"). The flag proportions (width:length) are 2:3.
The Netherlands was annexed by France from 1810 to 1813, but, after independence was regained, the new Kingdom of the Netherlands again recognized the red-white-blue flag. The flag, most recently reaffirmed by a royal decree on Feb. 19, 1937, has inspired the use of the same colours in the national flags of other countries.
Flag of Netherlands. The Dutch flag is composed of a red-white-blue tricolor and it is also known as "The Prince's Flag". Records about the prince William of Orange´s flag appeared already in 1572, when William led the resistance against the Spanish domination, however the flag was originally orange, white and blue.
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 ...
The national flag of the Netherlands is a tricolor of three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue. The national anthem is Wilhelmus (The William) and the official currency is the Euro.
Netherlands. jpg [ 7.91 kB, 467.59999999999997 x 700] three equal horizontal bands of red (bright vermilion; top), white, and blue (cobalt); similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer; the colors were derived from those of WILLIAM I, Prince of Orange, who led the Dutch Revolt against Spanish sovereignty in the ...
History of the Dutch flag. The flag of the Netherlands has three horizontal stripes: red, white and blue. During the uprising (1568-1648) against King Philip II of Spain led by the Prince of Orange, the "prince's flag" with the colors orange-blanchen-bleu was used along with a monochrome orange flag (the flag of the House of Orange-Nassau), but ...
