The Color Palatte
All of the possible colors togeather are called tinctures. There is no reason to restrict myself to the standrd british system of 7 tinctures (Or, Argent, Sable, Gules, Azure, Vert and Pupure). There are both historical and modern examples of other tinctures in use, and not just on a rare case. Other heraldic systems reglarly use tinctures not in the Gallo-British tradition. I see no reason not to use some of these other tinctures particularly since we now have computers and paints that they can be very distinctive from the standard ones.
Shade
Originally heraldry made no distiction concerning shade, Azure ran the gamut from Navy blue to sky blue depednding on the artists. With modern technology and paints however it makes more sense to be more restrictive for each tincture, and hence allow more distinct tinctures. For each tincture I will specify a default tincture in ALL CAPS, and an RGB and/or a paint color, alternate shades can be used but they must be specified when used.
Metals and Colors
There are two basic types of tinctures; metals and colors. The standard rule is that no metal can be placed on a metal and no color on a color. This rule still applies, but what is defined as a metal and what is a color will change some. In the Gallo-British tradition Or (gold or yellow) and Argent (silver or white) are metals, and the rest (Gules, Vert, Azure, Sable, Pupure) are colors. However in other traditions this is not alwas the case. Central and Eastern Europe use Black as a metal, particularly in relation to Red (the arms of Albania for instance). I am going to incorporate some of these alternatives.
Furs. I am not using furs for now. Cant draw well enough.
Rules
Category | Tinctures and Shades | Description | RGB | Notes | Old Citidel Color | New Citidel Color | Vallejo Game color |
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Silvers | ARGENT | Typically white but may be a light grey. | #FFFFFF | Skull White | White Scar | Dead White | |
Silver Grey | A light grey but dark enough to be seen on Argent | #C0C0C0 | This shade be used as a color on Argent an exception to rule #2. | 25% Black/75% White mix | |||
Golds | YELLOW | Yellow | #FFFF00 | Badmoon Yellow | |||
Or | Or means gold and this is a more more gold than yellow | #FFD400 | This shade should not be used with an Orange | Golden Yellow | Yriel Yellow | ||
Sky Blues | BLUE CELESTE | Sky Blue | #96C8FA | Ice Blue | Lothern Blue? | ||
Coppers | COPPER | The color of copper metal | #B87333 | This should not be used with Bruntre | |||
Buffs | BUFF | A yellow brown | #F0DC82 | ||||
Blacks | SABLE | Black | #000000 | Only used as a metal in conjunction with Gules | Chaos Black | ||
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Reds | GULES | Red | #FF0000 | Blood Red |
Sanguine
| Blood Red
| #660000
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| Scab Red
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| Red Ochre
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| #612D2D
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| Blues
| AZURE
| Blue
| #0000FF
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| Navy Blue
| a dark blue
| #000080
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| Blue + 50% Black
| Greens
| VERT
| Green
| #00FF00
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| Dark Angel Green
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| Purples
| PUPURE
| Purple
| #FF00FF
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| Liche Purple
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| Murrey
| The color of mulberries
| #8C004B
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| Warlock Purple
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| Oranges
| TENNE
| Tawny
| #FA9632
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| Orange
| Orange
| #FFA500
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| Blazing Orange
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| Browns
| BRUNTRE
| Brown
| #964b00
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| Scorched Brown
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| Grays
| CENDREE
| Gray
| #808080
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| 50%/50% Black and White
| Pinks
| Rose
| Pink
| #F77FBE
| Darker than "pink #FFC0CB" for contrast on metals
| 50/50 Skull White and Blood Red
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| CARNATION
| The color of human flesh
| #FFCBA4
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| Elf Flesh
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