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== Heraldic Tinctures == | == Heraldic Tinctures == | ||
Tincture refers to the colour, metal or fur for either the field or charges of the heraldric arms. There are fourteen different tinctures: | |||
*Argent: a metallic silver | |||
*Azure: the colour blue | |||
*Carnation: the colour pink (or pale red) | |||
*Ermines: a fur of white spots on black | |||
*Ermine: a fur of black spots on white | |||
*Erminois: a fur of black spots on gold | |||
*Gules: the colour red | |||
*Or: a metallic gold | |||
*Purpure: the colour purple | |||
*Sable: the colour black | |||
*Sanguine: the colour brown | |||
*Tenne: the colour orange | |||
*Vair: a fur of squirrel with alternating blue and white | |||
*Vert: the colour green | |||
== Heraldic Divisions == | == Heraldic Divisions == |