Why Did Spain Choose White on Friday 13th?

The Spanish soccer team has never been very successful when they play in anything else than red. So why oh why did they choose to abandon their traditional red football outfit on Friday 13th, with disastrous consequences (losing 1-5 to the Dutch).

Well, there is an explanation, but it isn't an easy one.

Let's start with the beginning:

1) Spain were considerd the "home" team and therefore could choose the colour of their outfit. Spain chose RED.

2) FIFA rules that RED was too much of a conflict (read: not enough contrast) with the traditional ORANGE worn by the Dutch, so the Dutch were made to change to BLUE (their second colour).

3) However, FIFA again ruled that RED versus BLUE was not good, because for television viewers two dark colours are not the best (especially in some countries where there are still black & white TV sets)

4) FIFA made Spain choose a light colour...and they chose WHITE.