rule of tincture

The flag itself does not conform to the rule of tincture.

The rule of tincture has had an influence reaching far beyond heraldry.

The yellow and white stripes break the heraldic rule of tincture.

The coat also does not follow the Rule of tincture, since colours are not set apart from each other.

Since these are considered divisions of a shield the rule of tincture can be ignored.

Brisures are generally exempt from the rule of tincture.

The Rule of tincture applies to all semés and variations of the field.

The arms violate the rule of tincture.

The symbols generally don't follow the rules of tincture, as the "sámi national colours" are traditionally placed colour on colour.

Second, unlike the American flag, the outermost stripes are white, not red; so as not to violate the heraldic rule of tincture.

The choice of colors usually follows the rule of tincture from heraldry, but exceptions to this rule are known.

Certain rules apply, such as the rule of tincture, and a thorough understanding of these rules is a key to the art of heraldry.

As in other heraldic traditions, the rule of tincture applies and it is the blazon-not the image-that is legally registered.

The placement of the colours (specifically placing sable on vert) violates the heraldic rule of tincture.

Because gold and silver express sublimity and solemnity, combinations of the two are often used regardless of the rule of tincture.

In this case the field is gules (red); the rule of tincture should therefore exclude this use of a vert (green) trimount.

The first rule of heraldry is the rule of tincture, which says "colour must not appear upon colour, nor metal upon metal."

Heraldry is essentially a system of identification, so the most important convention of heraldry is the rule of tincture.

The name of the club and the date and year of its founding were written in gold on a white background, violating the so-called rule of tincture.

Simple divisions of the field are considered to be beside each other, not one on top of the other; so the rule of tincture does not apply.

This rule of tincture is often broken in clerical arms: the flag and arms of Vatican City notably have yellow (gold) and white (silver) placed together.

Several historians have explained this violation of the heraldic rule of tincture as the black colour being the result of an oxidation of white paint containing lead.

The rule of tincture does not apply to furs, nor to charges blazoned "proper" (displayed in their natural colour, which need not be a heraldic tincture).

Because the fountain consists equally of parts in a light and a dark tincture, its use is not limited by the rule of tincture as are the other roundels.

The first rule of heraldic design is the rule of tincture: metal should not be put on metal, nor colour on colour (Humphrey Llwyd, 1568).