Heraldic Tinctures

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Heraldic Tinctures: Tincture is the limited palette of colors and patterns used in heraldry. They are classified as metals, colours, or furs. As a general rule of Heraldic Design, do not put Metals on Metals or Colors on Colors.

Colours and Metals

Metal Metal Colour Colour Colour Colour Colour
Argent100.gif Or100.gif Azure100.gif Gules100.gif Purpure100.gif Sable100.gif Vert100.gif
Argent
(White or Silver)
Or
(Yellow or Gold)
Azure
(Blue)
Gules
(Red)
Purpure
(Purple/Violet)
Sable
(Black)
Vert
(Green)

Stains

Stains (stainand colours or staynard colours): are generally not used in SCA Heraldry. In medieval heraldry, the use of a stain represents a less-than honorable augmentation (abatement or rebatement) imposed by an heraldic authority or by royal decree for misconduct. These colours include:

  • Murrey: Deep mulberry-coloured, or reddish purpl (Darker than Purpure).
  • Sanguine: Blood-red (darker than Gules)
  • Tenné (tawny): orange-tawny colour, though orange is considered distinct in continental European and African heraldic traditions.

Furs

There are examples of other "furs" but these are the most common.

Name Type Example
Vair Fur Fur-- 0008 Vair.png
Counter-Vair Fur Fur-Counter-Vair.png
Potent Fur Fur-Potent.png
Counter-Potent Fur Fur-CounterPotent.png
Ermine Fur Fur-Ermine.png
Ermines Fur Fur-Ermines.png
Erminois Fur Fur-Erminois.png
Pean Fur Fur-Pean.png
Papellone Fur Fur-Papellone.png