Term Description
Argent (tincture) Silver or white, expressed by the shield being plain
Azure (tincture) Bright blue, depicted by horozontal lines
Counter-vair (fur) Differs from "vair" by having the bells or arranged base against base, and point against point
Ermine (fur) A white field with black spots
Ermines (fur) A black field with white spots
Erminois (fur) A gold field with black spots
Gules (tincture) Red, depicted by penpendicular lines
Or (tincture) Gold, know uncolored drawing and engravimgs by dots or points
Pean (fur) A black field with gold spots
Poten, Counter Poten Is composed of figures like crutches' heads
Purpure (tincture) Purple, depicted by lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base
Sable (tincture) Black, depicted by cross lines, horizontal and perpendicular
Sanguine (tincture) A dark red color. It is represented in engraving by diagonal lines crossing each other
Tenne (tincture) A tincture of a bright brown, which is considered to represent orange color. This color is almost unknown in English heraldry. In engraving it is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, traversed by horizontal ones
Vair (fur) Composed originally of pieces of fur, but now silver and blue, cut to resemble the flower of the campanula, and opposed to each other in rows; when of difference tinctures, they are specified and described vairé
Vert (tincture) Green, depicted by lines from the dexter chief to the sinister base