Tinctures are the colours, metals, and furs used in heraldry. Nine tinctures are in common use: two metals, or (gold or yellow) and argent (silver or white);...

Ermine (/ˈɜːrmɪn/) in heraldry is a fur, a type of tincture, consisting of a white background with a pattern of black shapes representing the winter coat...

In heraldry, or (/ɔːʁ/; French for "gold") is the tincture of gold and, together with argent (silver), belongs to the class of light tinctures called...

The rule of tincture is a design philosophy found in some heraldic traditions that states "metal should not be put on metal, nor colour on colour". Heraldic...

In heraldry, gules (/ˈɡjuːlz/) is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure...

Ger. Pfahlfeh), in which the panes of each tincture are arranged in vertical columns. In German heraldry one finds Stürzpfahlfeh, or reversed vair in...

In heraldry, azure (/ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər/ AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər/ AZ-ure, AY-zure) is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to...

In heraldry, murrey is a "stain", i. e. a non-standard tincture, that is a dark reddish purple colour. It is most proximate in appearance to the heraldic...

In British heraldry, sable (/ˈseɪbəl/ ) is the tincture equivalent to black. It is one of the five dark tinctures called colours. Sable is portrayed in...

Rule of tincture applies to all semés and variations of the field. The field of a shield in heraldry can be divided into more than one tincture, as can...

known as Nusa Tenggara Timur in Indonesian language. non-traditional tincture (heraldry) The New Traveller's Tales (NTT) engine, a game engine used for the...

In heraldry, argent (/ˈɑːrdʒənt/) is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted...

In British heraldry, vert (/vɜːrt/) is the tincture equivalent to green. It is one of the five dark tinctures called colours. Vert is commonly found in...

unique name specific to its tincture, based on the Old French tradition. This is still observed in English-language heraldry, which adopted terms from Old...

In heraldry, carnation is a tincture, the name for skin colour, more exactly the colour of pale or European human skin (i.e., pale pinkish orange). It...

cross symbols were developed for the purpose of the emerging system of heraldry, which appeared in Western Europe in about 1200. This tradition is partly...

Sanguine (/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/) is a stain, or non-standard tincture in heraldry, of a blood-red colour. In the past it was sometimes taken to be equivalent to murrey...

Pantone colors Pigment Primary color Secondary color Tertiary color Tincture (heraldry) X11 color names HSL and HSV Citations Raggett, Dave (8 April 2002)...

reference to the tincture of the figure and its parts. Some attitudes apply only to predatory beasts, exemplified by the beast most usual to heraldry – the heraldic...

Rose is the non-traditional tincture of rose or pink as used in heraldry. Rose has been introduced in Canadian heraldry from the late 20th century. It...

In heraldry, the background of the shield is called the field. The field is usually composed of one or more tinctures (colours or metals) or furs. The...

heraldry, variations of the field are any of a number of ways that a field (or a charge) may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture or...

Pantone colors Pigments Primary color Secondary color Tertiary color Tincture (heraldry) X11 color names Web colors Frery, A. C.; Melo, C. A. S.; Fernandes...

terms in international heraldry come from French. Like the British system of heraldry, the French system follows the Rule of Tinctures. This states that there...

In heraldry, orange is a tincture, rarely used other than in Catalan, South African, French municipal and American military heraldry. As a colour, Orange...

coat of arms is based on the Fleur-de-lys and the Rule of Tinctures used in English heraldry as well. The monarch of Canada's prerogative to grant armorial...

In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). That may be a geometric design (sometimes called an ordinary)...

Pantone colors Pigment Primary color Secondary color Tertiary color Tincture (heraldry) Valspar X11 color names Raggett, Dave (8 April 2002). "Dave Raggett's...

methods for some additional tinctures as well. Some additional tinctures had already appeared in the theory of heraldry in the early 15th century, which...

the system of heraldry to show colour in black and white illustrations. Heraldry has always had some methods to designate the tinctures of arms. The earliest...