Color

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Glossary of Terms:

Color:

In Society heraldry, the colors are azure, gules, sable, purpure and vert. The furs that use colors as underlying tinctures, such as counter‑ermine and pean, are treated like colors for contrast. See also Metal, Tincture. http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html

Computer Color and Tincture Mapping/Coding

When uploading fieldless argent badges as digital art, it is helpful to the system if the background is light gray on the "color" version.

Color Mapping of Various Period Armorials

from Heraldic Tincture Hexcodes by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin

Color Palette from the Caerlaverock Roll

GPL file for rgb codes for the Caerlaverock Roll courtesy of Owen Tegg - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EJfn22GIRDpL8Xs8yqg76DKYWBlZaryS/view

OSCAR Color Approximation

From OSCAR Color Gamuts by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin

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See also:

• http://argentfox.tumblr.com/post/35257086306/per-flags-of-the-world
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/235137199202/10151312476304203/