heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known bran ...

, orange is a

tincture A tincture is typically an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol (ethyl alcohol). Solvent concentrations of 25–60% are common, but may run as high as 90%.Groot Handboek Geneeskrachtige Planten by Geert Verhelst In chemistr ...

, rarely used other than in

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

, South African, French municipal and

American military The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. The armed forces consists of six service branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The president of the United States is the ...

heraldry. As a

colour Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associ ...

, Orange should be used against

metals A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typical ...

in order not to contravene the

rule of tincture The most basic rule of heraldic design is the rule of tincture: metal should not be put on metal, nor colour on colour ( Humphrey Llwyd, 1568). This means that the heraldic metals or and argent (gold and silver, represented by yellow and white) ...

. Orange is distinct not only from

Gules In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...

(red), but also from

Tenné In heraldry, tenné (; sometimes termed tenny or tawny) is a "stain", or non-standard tincture, of orange (in English blazonry), light brown (in French heraldry) or orange- tawny (in continental heraldry) colour. Tenné, however, is not to be ...

(or ''Tanné''), which originated as the light-brownish colour of tanned leather, and from

Carnation ''Dianthus caryophyllus'' (), commonly known as the carnation or clove pink, is a species of ''Dianthus''. It is likely native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years.Med ...

, used for the depiction of

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White ...

human skin. Orange was not allocated a pattern in the system of

hatching Hatching (french: hachure) is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading Shading refers to the depiction of depth perception in 3D models (within the field of 3D computer graphics) or illustrations (in visual art) by varying ...

developed in the early 17th century, but later received one in the form of a series of vertical lines of dots and dashes (a hybrid of the vertical lines used to represent Gules, and the dots used to represent Or). The orange colour used in heraldry should be rich and deep enough to be clearly distinguished from both metals,

Argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to ...

(white) and Or (yellow), and from

(red),

(light brown) and

(flesh-colour).

Gallery

File:Blason Lamorlaye.svg, Arms of commune

Lamorlaye Lamorlaye () is a commune in the Oise department in the northern region Hauts-de-France. Its inhabitants are referred to as '' Morlacuméen(e)s''. Population See also * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 commun ...

, France. File:Blason famille Lagouanelle-Dély.svg, Coat of arms of the Lagouanelle-Dély family. File:Blason de la ville de Tavel (30).svg, Arms of the commune

Tavel, Gard Tavel (; oc, Tavèus) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also * Communes of the Gard department * Tavel AOC Tavel is a wine-growing ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' in the southern Rhône wine regio ...

, France. File:Blason Monchy-sur-Eu.svg, Arms of the commune

Monchy-sur-Eu Monchy-sur-Eu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A forestry and farming village situated in the Pays de Bray, some northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D126 and the D58 road ...

, France. File:Blason ville fr oise margny les compiegne.svg, Arms of the commune Margny-les-Compiègne, France File:Blason ville fr Bellefontaine 95.svg, Arms of Bellefontaine, France. File:Blason ville fr Le Sap (Orne).svg, Arms of

Le Sap Le Sap () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Sap-en-Auge.

, France File:Blason ville fr Brullioles (Rhône).svg, Arms of

Brullioles Brullioles () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropol ...

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

, France. File:Coat of arms of Armenia.svg,

Coat of arms of Armenia The national coat of arms of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի զինանշանը, ''Hayastani zinanshan'') was adopted on April 19, 1992, by resolution of the Armenian Supreme Council. On June 15, 2006, the Armenian Parliament passed the law on t ...

, bearing an escutcheon orange overall. File:Blason ville ca Saint-Honoré (Québec).svg, Arms of Saint-Honoré,

Québec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...

. File:Blason ville fr Anthy-sur-Léman.svg, Arms of

Anthy-sur-Léman Anthy-sur-Léman (, literally ''Anthy on Léman'') is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Savoie department The following is a list of the 279 c ...

, French

Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Sa ...

. File:Blason ville fr Hugleville-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime).svg, Arms of

Hugleville-en-Caux Hugleville-en-Caux (, literally ''Hugleville in Caux'') is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A village of forestry and farming in the Pays de Caux, situated some north of Rouen, at ...

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

, featuring a leaf orange. File:Blason de Saint-Martin-du-Manoir (Seine-Maritime).svg, Arms of

Saint-Martin-du-Manoir Saint-Martin-du-Manoir () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D34 and D111 roads, ...

, Normandy. File:Blason ville fr La Chapelle-du-Bois-des-Faulx (Eure).svg, Coat of arms of La Chapelle-du-Bois-des-Faulx,

Eure Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.Sorquainville, Normandy, featuring a cow argent with spots orange. File:Blason ville fr Andelu (Yvelines).svg, Faultive arms of Andelu, Yvelines, France, featuring a roundel orange. File:Blason ville fr Camps-la-Source (Var).svg, Arms of

Camps-la-Source Camps-la-Source (; oc, Camps) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Twin towns — sister cities Camps-la-Source is twinned with San Biagio della Cima, Italy (2005). See also *Com ...

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bo ...

, featuring the Cross orange on the lilies of France. File:Blason de la ville de Coutarnoux (Yonne).svg, Arms of Coutarnoux,

Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The ...

, featuring a castle orange. File:Blason de la ville de Lichères-près-Aigremont (89).svg, Arms of Lichères-près-Aigremont, in Burgundy

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Heraldic tinctures

Colours (heraldry) Shades of orange {{Heraldry-stub