The idea of green being the national colour comes from a rebellion in 1798.

Thus every time these academic tournaments turn into a brilliant music festival with bright national colour.

Orange is the national colour of the Netherlands.

The national colour of Ireland is St. Patrick's blue.

With the institution of the Queen's Service Order, red ochre was "given official sanction as a national colour".

For its emblem, the party uses a green star as it incorporates both the national colour of Ireland and the international symbol of socialist struggle.

The crimson red is Nepal's national colour, and it indicates the brave spirits of the Nepalese people.

The national colour of the Netherlands is orange, and it is used, among other things, in the clothing of Dutch athletes.

A 2008 song, the title of which means "only the garbage collector wears orange" in German, orange being the Dutch national colour.

A national colour coding scheme has been developed by the Institution of Civil Engineers and Waste Aware Construction.

It was a happy coincidence that the jerseys were green and that South Africa therefore won her first international wearing what was to become the national colour.

While green is now the usual national colour of Ireland, St. Patrick's blue is still found in symbols of Ireland.

In motor racing, the national colour of the United Kingdom is green; the origin of this British racing green has its own, somewhat uncertain background.

During football championships the icing is changed to orange (the national colour of The Netherlands) and at Easter time the icing is yellow.

Television upgraded to colour in 1967 with regular national colour broadcasts starting from 1971 when BBC Scotland's studios were upgraded.

Azure, a light blue, is the national colour of Italy (from the livery colour of the former reigning family, the House of Savoy).

Orange is the historic national colour of the Netherlands, originating from the coat of arms of the Dutch founding father William of Orange-Nassau.

Maldives' home kit comprises a red jersey and red shorts - red is the national colour of the Maldives, and represents the boldness of the nation's heroes.

The first Brescia kit in 1911 was blue (the national colour) with a thick white vertical stripe down the middle, a design which has returned for the centenary season in 2011.

It is also an opportunity for "orange madness" or oranjegekte, for the national colour, when the normally strait-laced Dutch let down their hair, often dyed orange for the occasion.

During the Dutch colonial era, the team competed as Dutch East Indies in international matches and played in an orange jersey, the national colour of the Netherlands.

In order to represent the typical Dutch pragmatism, KLM added a touch of orange, the national colour of the Netherlands, to the KLM blue.

The order stated that "An ensign called the Civil Air Ensign is the proper national colour to be flown by aircraft and air transport undertakings and at aerodromes."

The idea that the blue and white colours were the national colour of the Jewish people was voiced early on by Ludwig August Frankl (1810-1894); an Austrian Jewish poet.

Secondly with its Italian connection, Azzurro (meaning sky), a light blue, is the national colour of Italy as such Adelaide's blue jersey, they have gained the nickname Azzuri.