Tinctures

First lesson in Heraldry is Tinctures, Tinctures are the colors in Heraldry. There are five main tinctures;Gules: Red, Azure: Blue, Vert: Green, Sable: Black, Purpure: Purple. There are two metal tinctures; Or: Gold, and Argent: Silver. Three color called stains exist as well; Sanguine: Blood(dark) Red, Murrey: Mulberry, Tenne: Burnt orange. Also there are non-traditional tinctures; Bleu-celeste: Sky Blue, Carnation: Skin tone(pale peach-pink), Cendree: Ash-iron gray, Orange:Orange, Rose: pink, and Metal Copper: Copper

 

There are meanings behind each tinctures as well. Gules-Red:Warrior, Military strength,Martyr;Azure-Blue: Loyalty, Truth, Faith, Chastity, Strength; Vert-Green: Joy, Loylty in Love, Abundance, hope; Sable-Black: Grief, Prudence, Wisdom, and Constancy; Purpure-Purple: Justice, Sovereignty, Regal, Royal Majesty, Temperance;Or-Gold; Generosity, Constancy, Wisdom, Faith, Generosity; Argent-Silver: Sincerity, Innocence, Truth, Purity, Sincerity; Sanguine-Blood Red/ Murrey-Mulberry: Victorious, Fortitude; Tenne-Burnt Orange/Orange: Ambition

Shields that are a plain tincture are called"Fields" Most have a "Charge" on it. Color on metal or metal on color as color on color or metal on metal does not allow the design to stand out.

 

Other Notes

 

Silver is sometime very pale gray but is almost always white

as in the past silver paint would oxidize(darken) and white

contrasted against the color tinctures well.

P.S. Sorry there is not a great differance in Gules and Sanguine, darkest red marker I had.

P.P.S I did more research into tinctures and discovered afew more, after I drew these.

 

 

 

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