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| Or (Yellow or Gold) || Metal || [[File:Or100.gif]] | | Or (Yellow or Gold) || Metal || [[File:Or100.gif]] | ||
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| Gules (Red) || | | Gules (Red) || Colour || [[File:Gules100.gif]] | ||
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| Purpure (Purple/Violet) || | | Purpure (Purple/Violet) || Colour || [[File:Purpure100.gif]] | ||
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| Sable (Black) || | | Sable (Black) || Colour || [[File:Sable100.gif]] | ||
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| Vert (Green) || | | Vert (Green) || Colour || [[File:Vert100.gif]] | ||
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Revision as of 20:24, 20 November 2022
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
Name | Type | Example |
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Argent (White or Silver) | Metal | |
Or (Yellow or Gold) | Metal | |
Azure (Blue) | Colour | |
Gules (Red) | Colour | |
Purpure (Purple/Violet) | Colour | |
Sable (Black) | Colour | |
Vert (Green) | Colour |
Furs
Name | Type | Example |
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Vair | Fur | |
Counter-Vair | Fur | |
Potent | Fur | |
Counter-Potent | Fur | |
Ermine | Fur | |
Ermines | Fur | |
Erminois | Fur | |
Pean | Fur | |
Papellone | Fur |
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.