2220: House of Orange: Not from the Color Jan 12, 2021

The old Dutch Republic flag had an orange stripe, and bred orange carrots to celebrate the House of Orange. In truth, the color, named for the fruit, has nothing to do with this dynasty. Originally beginning in southern France known in Provençal Occitan as 'Aurenja', this group was actually took the name from a settlement named after a Celtic deity, Arausio. Spiritually, this was connected with water, so if anything the color associated with the House of Orange could be blue. That said, even Protestantism is often associated with the color orange because of the support from this Dutch principality in the religious wars of the time.