tincture
Let an agent explain heraldic tinctures and the rule of tincture, describe metals, colours, furs and counterchanging, relay blazon and hatching conventions, and distinguish the heraldic sense from the pharmaceutical tincture.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain heraldic tinctures and the rule of tincture, describe metals, colours, furs and counterchanging, relay blazon and hatching conventions, and distinguish the heraldic sense from the pharmaceutical tincture.
In heraldry, a colour used in coats of arms, divided into the metals or and argent, the colours gules, azure, sable, vert and purpure, the furs such as ermine and vair, and later stains, governed by the rule of tincture that metal should not be placed on metal nor colour on colour, with counterchanging dividing a charge across a partition so its tinctures swap; tinctures are described by name in blazon and by hatching in monochrome drawings, and the word also names an alcoholic herbal extract, a separate sense.
What it is for: Colouring coats of arms.
It can be explain tinctures and the rule; describe counterchanging; relay blazon and hatching; distinguish other senses.
Distinguishing features
Metals, colours and furs
Rule of tincture
Counterchanging
Hatching system
What it looks like
Colours and patterns on shields, named in blazon.
Physical character
principal tinctures: 7 count - two metals and five colours
How it is recognised
Heraldic colours, metals and furs
Or, argent, gules, azure, sable, vert, purpure, ermine, vair, counterchanged
A pharmaceutical tincture is an extract; paint colours are not tinctures
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is governed by - in heraldic practice
is described in - the heraldic language
In practice
Families and kinds
metals: or and argent
colours: gules, azure, sable, vert, purpure
furs: ermine, vair and variants
stains: tenne, sanguine, murrey
counterchanged and countercoloured arrangements
proper as natural colouring
non-traditional tinctures in modern heraldry
Standards and regulation
Rules of heraldic authorities such as the College of Arms
Petra Sancta hatching conventions
Failure modes and hazards
Breaching the rule of tincture
Confusing heraldic and pharmaceutical senses
Inconsistent naming across traditions
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.tincture-artifact
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What tinctures are.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and classes.
Definition
Definition.
- What are heraldic tinctures, and how are metals, colours and furs classified? definition
- Is the question about heraldic tinctures or pharmaceutical tinctures? boundary
Rule
Rule of tincture.
Rule
Rule.
- What is the rule of tincture, and what exceptions exist? definition
- Which entry fits rule of tincture? action
Practice Blazon and depiction.
Practice.
Blazon
Blazon.
Blazon
Blazon.
- How are tinctures named in blazon, and how does counterchanging work? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Hatching
Hatching and depiction.
Hatching
Hatching.
- How are tinctures shown in monochrome through hatching and tricking? provenance
- Which entry fits heraldic hatching? action
Traditions Traditions and variation.
Context.
Regional
Regional traditions.
Regional
Regional.
- How do tincture names and usage differ across heraldic traditions? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Modern
Modern heraldry.
Modern
Modern.
- How have new tinctures and colours been adopted in modern and civic heraldry? provenance
- Which entry fits modern heraldry? action
Context History and symbolism.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the tincture system develop in medieval heraldry? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of heraldry? action
Symbolism
Symbolism.
Symbolism
Symbolism.
- What symbolic meanings have been attributed to tinctures, and how reliable are they, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should rule of tincture and counterchanging be separate entries?
- How should heraldic references be linked?
- How should the pharmaceutical sense be linked?