Editing Flag of the Netherlands (section)

===Modern flag===
In 1813, the Netherlands [[Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands|regained its independence]] and the [[William I of the Netherlands|Prince of Orange]] returned from exile and contemporary newspapers report that the red-white-blue flag was flown decorated with an orange [[Pennon]]/pennant and solid‐coloured orange flags were displayed in many places in the country as a sign of allegiance of the people to the House of Orange.<ref name=":0" />

Just before the outbreak of World War II, the Prince's Flag resurfaced again. Some people were convinced that orange, white, and blue were the true colours of the Dutch flag, particularly members of the [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Poels |first=Jos |date=August 2011 |title=The Orange Pennant: The Dutch Response to a Flag Dilemma |url=https://nava.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/icv24poels.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, Washington, D.C. |pages=892 }}</ref> To end the discussion, a [[royal decree]] established the colours of the Dutch flag as: 'The colours of the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are red, white and blue' ({{langx|nl|De kleuren van de vlag van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden zijn rood, wit en blauw}}).<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |last1=Poels |first1=Jos |date=28 April 2000 |title=Rood-wit-blauw of oranje boven |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2000/04/28/rood-wit-blauw-of-oranje-boven-7492209-a1334331 |journal=NRC |language=nl |access-date=28 January 2019 }}</ref> It became the shortest decree in history, and was issued by Queen Wilhelmina on 19 February 1937.<ref>Wilhelmina en De Minister van Staat, Minister van Koloniën, Voorzitter van den Raad van Ministers (19 februari 1937): [https://web.archive.org/web/20170905235449/http://www.koenigsbanner.de/fotw/flags/nl.html Koninklijk Besluit nr. 93, Zell am See].</ref><ref>[http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=anp:1937:02:24:3:mpeg21:image ANP-bericht 24 februari 1937]</ref>

It was only on 16 August 1949 that the exact colour parameters were defined by the Ministry of the Navy<ref name=":2" /> as bright vermilion (red), white and cobalt blue. The pennant is usually added on [[Koningsdag|King's Day]] ({{langx|nl|Koningsdag}}, 27 April) or other festive occasions related to the Royal Family.