"than it is today and could be ""reddish or brownish yellow; or orange; or amber (distinguished from yellow)"". In today's English citrine as a colour is mostly confined to the contexts of (1) gemstones, including quartz, and (2) some animal and plant names. E.g., the citrine wagtail (""Motacilla citreola""), an Asian bird species with golden-yellow plumage, or the citrine warbler, citrine canary-flycatcher, citrine forktail, etc. Citrine (colour) Citrine is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as"
"Geel Geel () is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum. Further on around the center are the parish-towns of Ten Aard (N), Bel (E), Winkelomheide (SE), Stelen, Oosterlo and Zammel (S), Punt (SW) and Larum (W). On December 31, 2016, Geel had a total population of 39,535. The total area is which gives a population density of 320 inhabitants per km². Geel’s patron saint, the Irish Saint Dymphna, inspired the town’s pioneering de-institutionalized"
"of patronage. This piece today shows the ""VGeel"" signature with the ""L"" connected to a (forged) ""Metsu"" signature. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Metsu and worked in Leiden, Germany, France, London, and Rijnsburg before returning to Rotterdam sometime after 1666. Van Geel's painting of a lacemaker wearing a similar red ""sulp"" jacket was recently discovered and broadcast on the Dutch antiques television program ""Tussen Kunst en Kitsch"" in 2011 and valued at around 250,000 euro's. Joost van Geel Joost van Geel (1631, Rotterdam – 1698, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter in the style"
"early in the 20th century. One of the reasons for giving up mining activities in Plombières was the occasional flooding of the mine by the Geul, as the bedrock (mainly Carboniferous limestone) contains many faults and fissures. Although mine factory buildings have been demolished, old railway dikes still are abundantly present in the area. They provide ideal hiking routes, that are known for the presence of so-called ""zinc flora"" (zinc-tolerant plants, such as yellow calamine violet and ""Viola calaminaria""). Geul The Geul (Dutch; in , in ) is a river in Belgium and in the Netherlands, where it is a"
"Geul The Geul (Dutch; in , in ) is a river in Belgium and in the Netherlands, where it is a right-bank tributary to the river Meuse. The source of the Geul is at about above sea level in northeastern Belgium near the German border, south of the German town of Aachen. From there, after flowing some in a northwestern direction, it leaves Belgium and enters the Netherlands at Cotessen in the Vaals municipality. After a further in a west-northwestern direction through the most southern part of Limburg, which in its turn is the most southern province of the Netherlands,"
"It also hosts the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, which is one of the seven scientific institutes of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Innotek a technology centre and CIPAL are located in Geel. The town is also the home of the influential Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffen/Information Centre for Dangerous Goods (BIG). Geel is twinned with: Geel Geel () is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum. Further on around the center are"
"many Asian countries, it is seen as the color of happiness, glory, harmony and wisdom. The word ""yellow"" comes from the Old English ""geolu"", ""geolwe"" (oblique case), meaning ""yellow, yellowish"", derived from the Proto-Germanic word ""gelwaz"" ""yellow"". It has the same Indo-European base, ""gʰel-"", as the words ""gold"" and ""yell""; ""gʰel-"" means both bright and gleaming, and to cry out. The English term is related to other Germanic words for ""yellow"", namely Scots ""yella"", East Frisian ""jeel"", West Frisian ""giel"", Dutch ""geel"", German ""gelb"", and Swedish and Norwegian ""gul"". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the oldest known use of"
"Jacob van Geel Jacob van Geel (c.1585–1648) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Van Geel was born in Middelburg. According to the RKD his birthplace and teacher are not known. He is first recorded at Middelburg in 1615 when he became a member of the committee of the Guild of St. Luke there. He is traceable there until 1625. In 1626 he is recorded in Delft, where he joined the guild there in 1627 and where in 1628 he declared he was 43 years old. Pestered by his creditors he moved after the death of his wife to Dordrecht where"
"AS Verbroedering Geel AS Verbroedering Geel is a Belgian association football club based in Geel, province of Antwerp. Currently, they play in the Belgian Second Division. Founded in 1926 as Meerhout Sport, the club received the matricule number 893. In 1966, Meerhout Sport merged with the other club from the city named Hand in Hand, with matricule 2169. The new club took the name F.C. Verbroedering Meerhout. At the end of the season, the club reached the Belgian Promotion. They were relegated to the provincial level in 1987. Ten years later, the club was back at the 4th national level,"
"half. The first recorded use of teal as a color name in English was in 1917. The word is often used colloquially to refer to shades of cyan in general, including the color cyan itself, most notably in computer games where one of the players is cyan. Teal was a fad color during the 1990s, with, among others, many sports teams adopting the color for their uniforms. Its name is derived from the Middle English ""tele"", a word akin to the Dutch ""taling"" and the Middle Low German ""telink"". As a color, its name is believed to have been taken"
"K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel was a Belgian association football club, from the city of Geel in Antwerp (province). The club was born in 1921 as a merger of Flandria and Geel Sport, becoming Flandria Geel Sport, and registered in 1924 to the Belgian Football Association receiving the matricule n° 395 after changing its name to FC Verbroedering Geel. It played for the first time in the second division in 1985–86. In 1999–2000 it appeared shortly in the first division as it won the second division final round. At this time the club merged with neighbours from K.F.C. Herentals"
"since approximately 1825, although ""grey"" is an accepted variant. In Europe and the United States, surveys show that grey is the color most commonly associated with neutrality, conformity, boredom, uncertainty, old age, indifference, and modesty. Only one percent of respondents chose it as their favorite color. ""Grey"" comes from the Middle English ""grai"" or ""grei"", from the Anglo-Saxon ""graeg"", and is related to the Dutch ""grauw"" and ""grijs"" and German ""grau"". The first recorded use of ""grey"" as a color name in the English language was in AD 700. In antiquity and the Middle Ages, grey was the color of"
"valley of the Geul: a fascinating mixture of deciduous forests, meadows, farmland, muddy banks, stream pools, orchards and ""holle wegen"" (eroded dirt roads). The source is in Henri-Chapelle. It joins the Geul near Gulpen, overlooked by motte-and-bailey castle Gracht Burggraaf. It flows through the villages Hombourg, Teuven (both in Belgium), Slenaken and Gulpen (both in the Netherlands). From its source in Henri-Chapelle, a village of the municipality of Welkenraedt, province of Liège it runs in a northwestern direction across the Dutch border, after which it flows into the Geul. This happens near a motte-and-bailey castle called ""Burggraaf"" at Gulpen, where"
"the breed is unknown although it is thought to be a cross of multiple English breeds. It was slowly bred into a meat breed of outstanding carcass quality. It is now one of the most common meat breeds in the Netherlands, making up seventy percent of the national flock. The Texel breed is a white-faced breed with no wool on the head or legs. The breed is characterized by a distinctive short, wide face with a black nose and widely placed, short ears with a nearly horizontal carriage. They have black hooves. The wool is of medium grade (46’s-56’s) with"
"it is a combination of blue/green but where the green is stronger with a hint of grey Teal Teal is a medium blue-green color, similar to cyan. Its name comes from that of a bird—the common teal (""Anas crecca"")—which presents a similarly colored stripe on its head. It can be created by mixing blue with green into a white base, or deepened as needed with black or gray. The complementary color of teal is maroon. It is also one of the initial group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors formulated in 1987. In the RGB model used to create colors on"
"and even managed to reach the third division in 2006, where they stayed only one season. In 2008 the neighbour club of K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel went into liquidation, so F.C. Verbroedering Meerhout moved to De Leunen stadium, which was not used anymore, and added the name of the city Geel to their name. In 2013, the team changed their name to Allemaal Samen Verbroedering Geel (English: All Together Fraternization Geel), short AS Verbroedering Geel. ""As of 10 October 2016."" AS Verbroedering Geel AS Verbroedering Geel is a Belgian association football club based in Geel, province of Antwerp. Currently, they play"
"The Netherlands won nine games and drew one, thereby topping the group and earning automatic qualification. The Netherlands national football team famously plays in bright orange shirts. Orange is the historic national colour of the Netherlands, originating from the coat of arms of the Dutch founding father William of Orange-Nassau. The current Dutch away kit is dark blue, with the traditional crest of the Dutch Lion, which was the official crest of the national team up to 1996, in orange. The crest was reintroduced to celebrate the 125th years anniversary of the Dutch FA (KNVB). The crest replaces the logo"
"Teal Teal is a medium blue-green color, similar to cyan. Its name comes from that of a bird—the common teal (""Anas crecca"")—which presents a similarly colored stripe on its head. It can be created by mixing blue with green into a white base, or deepened as needed with black or gray. The complementary color of teal is maroon. It is also one of the initial group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors formulated in 1987. In the RGB model used to create colors on computer screens and televisions, teal is created by turning down the brightness of cyan to about one"
"colour from the so called blue-green algae which have been recognised and described since the 18th century and probably before that. Cerulean is a medium blue-green color that is used to represent or symbolize either the sky or the ocean. The first recorded use of ""cerulean"" as a color name in English was in 1590. Teal is a medium blue-green color. It is named after the common teal, a member of the duck family, whose eyes are surrounded by the color. The color ""teal"" has a hue that is exactly halfway between blue and green and a value (brightness) that"
"entry at the Catholic University of Leuven. In 1795, the Duchy of Brabant was dissolved and Geel made part of the French department of Deux-Nèthes, the precursor of the present province of Antwerp. The nobles and clerics of the Ancien Régime gave way to a mayor, who was now answerable to the town’s people. Geel actively participated in the Belgian Revolution of 1830, resulting in the award of an honorary flag from King Leopold II. The 19th century also saw the building of several new churches at the demand of the various parishes. A major occurrence in the history of"
"than one colour in selfs. e.g. Blacks should be black at the tip of the fur, that colour carrying down the fur as far as possible, then merging into blue. In flecked or mealy exhibits the individual fur would be black, then dark grey, then a deeper shade before merging into blue at the base. Chinchillation - A mixture of colours ticked with a darker shade, often found on the cheeks of yellows. The steel, pale and brown grey are chinchillated varieties to a certain extent. The BRC has a separate standard for Tri Coloured Dutch. Dutch rabbit The Dutch"
"a cover version (featuring Hazes) that peaked at #2 on the same charts in 2006. Wij houden van Oranje Wij houden van Oranje (We love Orange), is the title of a Dutch football chant, performed by the Dutch singer André Hazes and produced by Hans van Hemert. It is based on the melody of the well-known Scottish song Auld Lang Syne written by Robert Burns. Orange is the colour of the Dutch Royal family. André Hazes sang the song the first time in 1988 during the European football championships. The Dutch football team sang along on Hazes' single. André's Wij"
"in 1937 signed a Royal Decree that the colors red, white and blue are set as the official colours of the Dutch flag, partly as a signal directed at the NSB. Statenvlag The Statenvlag (""States Flag"") is the name of the flag of the States-General of the Dutch Republic, the red-white-blue tricolour flag replacing the older orange-white-blue Prince's Flag in the mid 17th century. The modern national flag of the Netherlands, officially introduced in 1937, is based on this historical flag. The origin of the red-white-blue tricolour is not entirely clear; some sources suggest that it developed merely as a"
"Dutch distinguish blue (respectively ' and ') and green (' and ') very similarly to English. There are (compound) terms for light blue (' and ') and darker shades of blue (' and '). In addition, adjective forms of most traditional color names are inflected to match the corresponding noun's case and gender. The terms for ""blue"" and ""green"" have changed completely in the transition from Ancient Greek to Modern Greek. Ancient Greek had γλαυκός (""glaukós"") ""clear light blue"", also with a turquoise/teal/green hue (it was a typical term for goddess Athena's eyes, portrayed in green or light blue) contrasting"
"Geleen Geleen (; ) is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. With 33,960 inhabitants, it is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. Geleen is situated along the river Geleenbeek, a right tributary to the river Meuse. The Latin name for Geleenbeek is ""Glana"", meaning ""clear river"". The town centre is situated at about 60 m above sea level. Until the end of the 19th century, Geleen was a small village. The remains of one of the oldest prehistoric farms in the Netherlands were found here. In the 20th century the exploitation of"
"in late 1634 he joined the guild. He died in Dordrecht. A monograph was published by Laurens J. Bol recording 22 works, supplemented with 7 more works described by Bol in his book ""Goede Onbekenden"". He is known for landscapes and architectural studies. Jacob van Geel Jacob van Geel (c.1585–1648) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Van Geel was born in Middelburg. According to the RKD his birthplace and teacher are not known. He is first recorded at Middelburg in 1615 when he became a member of the committee of the Guild of St. Luke there. He is traceable there"
"one of the founders. He also compiled a valuable catalogue of the manuscripts in Leiden University Library, wrote a history of the Greek sophists, and translated various German works into Dutch. In 1825 he became member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands. Jacob Geel Jacob Geel (12 November 1789 – 11 November 1862) was a Dutch scholar, critic and librarian. He was born in Amsterdam. In 1823 he was appointed as a librarian, and in 1833 as university librarian and honorary professor at Leiden University, where he remained until his death. Geel materially contributed to the development of classical"
"icing is changed to orange (the national colour of The Netherlands), and at Easter time the icing is yellow. Roze koek A roze koek (""pink cake"") is a typical Dutch pastry. It consists of a small flat cake with a layer of pink fondant icing. The best-known brand is Glacé. In the city of Amsterdam, the cakes are sometimes referred to as ""moesselientjes"" (""little Mussolinis""); this name, which is the Dutch adaptation of Benito Mussolini's name, is rooted in the cake's tradition of being sold in Italian ice-cream parlours in Amsterdam prior to the Second World War. On occasion the"
"June 2008, the club filed for bankruptcy and ultimately ceased to exist. A different local team Verbroedering Meerhout, playing in Belgian Promotion, chose to move to the stadium of Verbroedering Geel due to better facilities. They changed their name to Verbroedering Geel-Meerhout, a symbolic merger. K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel was a Belgian association football club, from the city of Geel in Antwerp (province). The club was born in 1921 as a merger of Flandria and Geel Sport, becoming Flandria Geel Sport, and registered in 1924 to the Belgian Football Association receiving the matricule n° 395 after changing its"
"especially widely used with football. Wilhelmus The colour orange has long been associated with the Netherlands due to Willem van Orange. Other things commonly associated with the Netherlands include tulips, clogs, Gouda cheese and windmills. National symbols of the Netherlands Symbols of the Netherlands are items or symbols that have symbolic meaning to, or represent, the Netherlands.There symbols are seen in official capacities, such as flags, coats of arms, postage stamps, and currency, and in URLs. They appear less formally as recurring themes in literature, art and folk art, heraldry, monuments, clothing, personal decoration, and as the names of parks,"
"Pieter Gaal Pieter Gaal (19 July 1769 in Middelburg – 13/18 January 1819 in Middelburg) was a Dutch painter, the son of Thomas Gaal. Gaal came from a family of painters from the Zeeland area of the Netherlands, his earliest ancestor was a knight called Florens Ghale van Hoesbroec, though his father was born in what is now Belgium. His son Jacobus Cornelis Gaal was also a painter, painting portraits such as ""Junges Madchen in Weissen Kleid Beim Einkleid"" a portrait of a young woman being dressed by a maidservant. Gaal's main focus were ""landscapes with cattle and figures furnished,"
"the typical color of the beverage champagne. The first recorded use of ""champagne"" as a color name in English was in 1915. The color ""eggshell"" is displayed at left. The color ""eggshell"" is a representation of the average color of chicken eggs. Displayed at left is the color ""Dutch white"". ""Dutch white"" is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color ""Dutch white"" was formulated in 2000. The color ""bone"" is displayed at left. This color is a representation of the color of bones. The first recorded use"
"Creil, Netherlands Creil is one of the ten so-called green villages ""(Dutch: groendorpen)"" in the Dutch province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, and lies about 6 km northwest of Emmeloord. The name Creil comes from the name of a former village that was once on the coast of the Zuiderzee, which was in turn named after the Creil Woods that was once located northeast of North-Holland, in what is now the IJsselmeer, roughly between Texel and Enkhuizen. Modern Creil was designed by the Board of the Wieringermeer, one of whom's jobs was to design"