THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Each country was assigned a unique colour which was used on its teams’ uniforms and equipment.  In the original series which ended in 1982, the colours were: Belgium – Yellow; Germany – Light Blue; Great Britain – Red; Italy – Dark Blue; Yugoslavia – White.  France were originally assigned Purple, but this changed to Green after 1976.  Switzerland were assigned Light Brown, but during the 1979 series, they switched to Red and White combined.  The Netherlands were assigned Orange, but when the country left the series after 1977, the colour was reassigned to Portugal.

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