Colours (heraldry)

tincture of black in heraldry

tincture of green in heraldry

Yellow-brown colour

In heraldry, purpure () is a tincture, equivalent to the colour purple, and is one of the five main or most usually used colours (as opposed to metals). It may be portrayed in engravings by a series of parallel lines at a 45-degree angle running from upper right to lower left from the point of view of an observer, or else indicated by the abbreviation purp.

heraldic tincture

heraldic tincture

tincture

thumb|150px|Cendrée colours thumb|Arms of the House of Lilburn: Cendree, three fusils argent. In heraldry, cendrée is a tincture, the grey of ashes (), iron, and stone walls.