The streets are filled with orange flags, stores are selling bright orange tompouce, and everyone is wearing what is undoubtedly one of the coolest-looking kits at the World Cup. Yes, we’re talking about the Netherlands.
Orange and the Dutch are two sides of the same coin — they just love their color and what it represents. But as they continue to play on the football field, more and more people are wondering: why orange? Their flag is blue, white, and red, so surely one of those colors would be more appropriate, right? Well, the answer is a bit more complicated than that.
