The first time us moggies saw the Dutch national football team playing in the World Cup, we wondered "What's the deal with all the orange?" The colors of the Dutch flag are red, white and blue -- there's no orange at all. So what's the Netherlands' relationship (make that borderline obsession) with the color orange?
The answer: Orange is the color of the Dutch Royal Family. The lineage of the current dynasty -- the House of Oranje-Nassau -- dates back to Willem van Oranje (William of Orange). But while the color orange has royal roots in the Netherlands, today it symbolizes a broader pride in the country and in being Dutch.
Perhaps the biggest display of orange national pride occurs on KeKe's birthday on 19 June. You'll be hard-pressed to find a Dutch person who's not sporting the color on this day.
