The design of the "Tartan of Holland" combines the colours of the Netherlands national flag (Red, White and Blue) with Orange, for the Royal House of Orange.   The Flying Dutchman Holland is historically a seafaring nation, having discovered and colonised many distant lands such as the Dutch East Indies.  The design of "Tartan of Holland" thus honours the intrepid Dutch explorer, sailing homeward at sunset on an East India sea – the Flying Dutchman . Its central focus is sunset on the horizon, picked out at the pivot by a hot white core encircled in bright orange, with a blood orange overcheck (the setting sun's rays), then blending into a warm red sky (red sky at night, the sailors' delight). The background sets the dying sun against a rapidly darkening East India sea (first royal blue, then navy blue), with a flick of white foam on the crest of the bow wave and a hint of a silver moon, as our sturdy Dutch frigate carries us safely homeward. "Tartan of Holland" was recorded in the International Tartan Index no. 6655 of the Scottish Tartans Authority , 1st June 2005, and is registered in Benelux and with the UK Patent Office, details here . E: dw4@st-andrews.ac.uk T: +44 (0) 131 337 1448 Order Information   Tartan of Holland E: tartanofholland@xs4all.nl