- Capital
- Amsterdam
- Continent
- Europe
- Flag adopted
- 1937
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Netherlands
Colors and meaning
Red #AE1C28
Formally fixed by royal decree in 1937, replacing an earlier, deeper orange-red long used informally
White #FFFFFF
Peace
Blue #21468B
Loyalty
Symbolism and history
A plain red-white-blue horizontal tricolor, evolved from the orange-white-blue Prince's Flag of William of Orange in the 16th century, making it one of the oldest tricolor traditions in the world and the likely design source for both Russia's and Luxembourg's flags.
Closest-looking flags
Luxembourg
Nearly identical to Luxembourg's flag but for a darker blue, and historically linked to the horizontal tricolor tradition that also influenced Russia's flag by way of Tsar Peter the Great's travels in the Netherlands.
France
Nearly identical to Luxembourg's flag but for a darker blue, and historically linked to the horizontal tricolor tradition that also influenced Russia's flag by way of Tsar Peter the Great's travels in the Netherlands.
Further reading: Flag of Netherlands on Wikipedia