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SENA section A.3.B.1. provides the following definition:
Proper is a term used for a charge in its "natural" or "standard" tincture. ... A list of proper tinctures is found in the Glossary of Terms. ... In general, charges that do not have a heraldically defined proper may be described as proper when a normal person would be able to color them appropriately from knowing only the sort of item with no further color description.
Field Divisions |
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| Per Chevron: | Green leaves, brown trunk |
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Shapes & Symbols |
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| Cinquefoil (Shape): | One lobe to chief |
| Cross (Charge): | Brown wood |
| Quatrefoil (Shape): | Crosswise (Quatrefoil (Shape) Voided); one lobe to chief (Quatrefoil (Shape)) |
The World & Heavens |
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| Flame: | Alternating tongues of gules and Or |
| Mount: | Vert |
| Mountain: | Vert |
Plants |
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| Acanthus: | Green |
| Acorn: | Brown (Two Acorns Slips Conjoined Issuant from a Trimount, Acorn); brown nut, green leaves (Acorn Slipped & Leaved) |
| Aloe Vera: | Green |
| Ash: | Brown wood and green leaves |
| Aspen: | Green leaves |
| Banana: | Or |
| Beech: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Belladona: | Purple flowers, green leaves |
| Birch: | Green leaves |
| Branch: | Brown wood |
| Broom: | Vert |
| Bush: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Cattail: | Green stem and leaves, brown head |
| Cherry: | Red fruit, green stem and leaves |
| Chrysanthemum: | Green |
| Clove: | Brown |
| Columbine: | Blue petals, green stem |
| Créquier: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Cucumber: | Vert |
| Daffodil: | Yellow bloom, green stem |
| Daisy: | Argent seeded Or |
| Dandelion: | Or slipped vert |
| Elder: | Brown wood, green leaves; berries are typically purple or blue, but some varieties are red or white |
| Elderflower: | Brown wood, green leaves; berries are typically purple or blue, but some varieties are red or white |
| Fig: | Brown wood, green leaves; figs come in many colors so the tincture of the fruit must be explicitly blazoned (Fig Sprig Fructed); green (Fig Leaf) |
| Firewood: | Brown |
| Flax: | Blue or purple flowers, green leaves and stems |
| Garlic: | Bulb argent, stem and leaves vert |
| Gentian: | Azure flowers, green leaves |
| Gillyflower: | Green leaves, with a red bloom |
| Ginkgo: | Green |
| Grape: | Green leaves |
| Hazel: | Brown nuts and stems, green leaves |
| Heather: | Green leaves and stems, flowers may be white, pink, or purple |
| Hemp: | Green leaves (Sprig of Hemp); vert (Hemp Leaf) |
| Holly: | Green leaves, red fruit (Three Holly Leaves In Pall); green (Holly Leaf) |
| Hop: | Green |
| Ivy: | Green leaves, brown wood (Wreath Of Ivy, Ivy Vine, Wreath of Ivy); green leaves (Ivy Leaf) |
| Juniper: | Green stem and leaves, blue berries |
| Lady's Mantle: | Green leaves |
| Laurel: | Green |
| Leek: | Bulb argent, stem and leaves vert |
| Lemon: | Gold fruit, green leaf |
| Lettuce: | Vert |
| Lilac: | Purple flowers, green stem and leaves |
| Linden: | Green leaves (Linden Leaf Inverted, Linden Branch of Three Leaves Throughout Bendwise, Linden Leaf Inverted Slipped to Base, Linden Branch, Linden Branch Twined on Itself, Linden Tree Eradicated, Linden Leaf); green leaves, brown trunk (Linden Leaf Issuant from a Ragged Staff, Linden Tree, Linden Tree Eradicated); green (Three Linden Leaves Conjoined In Pall) |
| Mallow: | Green leaves and stems, flowers purple or white |
| Mandrake: | Green plant, pink or argent skin |
| Maple: | Green leaves, brown wood (Sprig of Maple Leaves, Maple Leaf); green leaves (Maple Leaf) |
| Mistletoe: | Green foliage, red berries |
| Nettle: | Green |
| Nopal: | Green with red or purple flowers and fruit |
| Oak: | Brown wood, green leaves, brown acorns (Oak Sprig, Oak Sprig Fructed, Oak Tree Eradicated, Oak Tree Fructed, Oak Tree, Oak Tree Fructed and Eradicated); green leaves (Six Oak Leaves In Annulo, Oak Leaf) |
| Olive: | Brown wood, green leaves, green fruit (Olive Tree, Olive Branch Fructed); green (Olive, Olive Slipped and Leaved) |
| Onion: | Bulb explicitly blazoned, stem and leaves vert |
| Orange: | Brown wood, green leaves, orange fruit |
| Palm: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Pea: | Green |
| Pear: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Pine: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Plane: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Poplar: | Green leaves, brown stems |
| Quince: | Gold with green stem and leaves |
| Rose: | Gules, barbed vert, seeded Or |
| Rowan: | Green leaves, brown wood, red berries (Rowan Tree Eradicated, Rowan Tree); green leaves and stem (Rowan Leaf); brown wood, red berries (Cluster of Rowan Berries) |
| Rue: | Green leaves and stem |
| Sprig: | Green |
| Strawberry: | Green leaves (Strawberry Leaf, 3 Strawberry Leaves); red fruit, green stem (Strawberry); green leaves, red fruit (Strawberry Plant) |
| Sunflower: | Yellow petals, brown or black seeds, green leaves and stem |
| Tabacco: | Green leaves, flower color varies |
| Thistle: | Green leaves and ball, with a purple (or sometimes red) bloom |
| Thorn: | Brown wood |
| Tree: | Brown wood, green leaves (Tree Eradicated Roots and Branches Nowed, Tree Eradicated, Hurst of Trees Issuant from a Mount, Tree Issuant From A Mount, Hurst of Trees Couped, Tree); brown wood (Tree Trunk Eradicated, Tree Blasted and Eradicated, Tree Stump Eradicated, Tree Blasted) |
| Turnip: | Green leaves, root purple on top and white below |
| Willow: | Brown wood, green leaves |
| Wreath: | Green |
Invertebrates |
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| Bee: | Body Or with sable stripes, wings argent |
| Ladybird: | Gules marked sable |
| Wasp: | Unstated, but may follow that of the bee, body Or with sable stripes, wings argent |
Fishes |
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| Dolphin: | Green with red fins (Winged Dolphin, Dolphin, Dolphin Haurient); gray (Natural Dolphin) |
| Skeleton: | Argent |
Reptiles |
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| Caduceus: | Brown wooden staff, green serpents |
Birds |
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| Auk: | Sable with argent belly |
| Crane: | Argent |
| Crow: | Sable |
| Dove: | Argent, with gules (or pink) feet and beak |
| Falcon: | Brown |
| Flamingo: | Pink or red |
| Magpie: | Sable, with argent belly and wing tips |
| Moorcock: | Black with white markings |
| Owl: | Brown, unless owl is blazoned as a type with distinctive coloration (e |
| Peacock: | Blue and green (Peacock One Leg Raised, Peacock In His Pride, Peacock); azure and vert (Peacock Feather) |
| Penguin: | Black body, white belly and markings |
| Poppinjay: | Green with red beak and details |
| Puffin: | Belly argent, wings sable, beak and legs Or |
| Raven: | Sable |
| Wing: | Body Or with sable stripes, wings argent |
Beasts |
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| Bear: | Brown fur |
| Beaver: | Brown |
| Boar: | Brown |
| Doe: | Brown |
| Elephant: | Argent, or gray with white tusks |
| Elk: | Brown |
| Fox: | Gules, with sable feet and argent tail tip |
| Lamb: | Argent, haloed Or, bearing a banner argent marked with a cross gules |
| Lion: | Or |
| Mole: | Brown |
| Otter: | Brown, perhaps; best to blazon explicitly |
| Porcupine: | Brown |
| Rabbit: | Brown |
| Reindeer: | Brown |
| Skunk: | Sable marked argent |
| Stag: | Brown |
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| Arm: | Only if skin tone is blazoned (Two Arms Vested Issuant with Hands Clasped, Arm Embowed Maintaining a Scimitar, Two Arms Issuant with Hands Clasped, Cubit Arm with Fingers Extended, Pair of Arms Vested, Arm Couped with Fingers Extended, Cubit Arm, Arm Vested Fesswise, Arm Couped Maintaining a Torch, Arm Couped Maintaining a Dagger, Arm in Armor Embowed, Arm Vested Fesswise Maintaining a Gemmed Ring, Arm Fesswise Maintaining A Club, Cubit Arm in Armor, Arm Vested Fesswise With A Hand Of Benediction, Arm Couped and Vested Maintaining a Dagger, Arm In Armor Fesswise Embowed Brandishing A Sword, Pair of Arms Vested Maintaining an Annulet, Arm Couped, Arm Fesswise Couped Maintaining A Scarf, Arm Embowed); only if skin tone is blazoned; clothing must be explicitly blazoned (Cubit Arm Vested, Arm Vested) |
| Bone: | Argent |
| Foot: | Only if skin tone is blazoned |
| Hand: | Only if skin tone is blazoned |
| Leg: | Only if skin tone is blazoned |
| Skull: | Argent |
| Tail: | Or |
| Tongue: | Gules |
| Tusk: | Argent, or gray with white tusks (Elephant's Tusk); brown (Boar's Tusk) |
People |
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| Angel: | Only if skin tone is blazoned |
| Breast: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, goutes explicitly blazoned |
| Child: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair |
| Crucifix: | Brown wood; human figure must be blazoned |
| Fist: | Only if skin tone is blazoned |
| Fool: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, costume blazoned separately |
| Gorgon: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, serpents blazoned separately |
| Hercules: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair, golden lion, brown wooden club |
| Janus: | Only if skin tone is blazoned |
| Man: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair (Man Robed, Nude Man, Armed Demi-Man Drawing a Bow, Man Hooded and Robed with Arms Extended, Man Seated Upon a Throne, Man Vested and Maintaining a Scythe, Hooded Man Maintaining a Bowl and Staff, Man's Head Cabossed, Man In A Boat Holding Arrows Inverted, Demi-Man Vested, Armed Man, Man Vested); only if skin tone is blazoned (Man's Head Wearing a Hat Issuant from Base, Hooded Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Man's Head Couped, Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders Wearing a Hat, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Hat); skin brown, sable hair (Moor's Head Couped at the Shoulders); only if skin tone is blazoned, leaves vert (Savage's Head Affronty); only if skin tone is blazoned, sable sable (Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders) |
| Melusine: | Human only if skin tone is blazoned, tail vert, hair Or |
| Mermaid: | Human only if skin tone is blazoned, tail vert, hair Or |
| Merman: | Proper coloration: tail green; human portion only if skin tone is blazoned (Merman, or Triton); human only if skin tone is blazoned, green tail, yellow hair (Merman Armored) |
| Monk: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair |
| Moor: | Skin brown, sable hair |
| Saracen: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair |
| Savage: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, leaves vert |
| Seraph: | Only if skin tone is blazoned; red hair, and rainbow-colored wings |
| Viking: | Only if skin tone is blazoned, hair yellow |
| Woman: | Only if skin tone is blazoned (Woman Cloaked and Hooded, Woman's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Nude Woman's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Woman Issuant from Base, Woman's Head Couped and Hooded Facing Dexter, Woman's Head Couped Maintaining a Fillet and Veil, Woman's Head Couped, Woman Mounted on a Bear Passant, Woman's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown and Veil, Nude Woman, Woman); only if skin tone is blazoned, costume blazoned separately (Woman's Head Couped at the Shoulders); only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair (Woman's Head Coifed and Couped at the Shoulders) |
| Wound: | Gules |
Food |
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| Barrel: | Brown wood |
| Bread: | Brown |
| Churn: | Brown wood |
| Cleaver: | Blade argent, handle Or or brown wood |
| Cornucopia: | Brown, with fruits in their natural colors |
| Kettle Hook: | Black iron |
| Knife: | Blade argent, handle Or or brown wood |
| Pretzel: | Brown |
| Scoop: | Brown wood |
| Trammel Hook: | Black iron |
Clothing |
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| Boot: | Brown leather |
| Needle: | Brown wood |
| Shoe: | Brown leather |
| Shuttle: | Brown wood |
| Spindle: | Brown wood, thread blazoned separately |
| Wool Comb: | Brown wood |
Tools |
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| Board: | Brown wood |
| Hammer: | Sable head and brown wood handle |
| Hod: | Brown wood |
| Mallet: | Sable head and brown wood handle |
Buildings |
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| Arch: | Argent stone (Arch Stooped, Pair of Arches, Arch); argent stone, brown wood (Arch with Open Doors, Arch Stooped with Open Doors) |
| Boardwalk: | Brown wood |
| Castle: | Gray or argent stone |
| Chair: | Brown wood |
| Chest: | Brown wood |
| Drawbridge: | Brown wood |
| Fountain: | Gray or argent stone |
| Keystone: | Grey stone |
| Obelisk: | Argent stone |
| Sepulcher Stone: | Argent stone |
| Siege Tower: | Argent or gray |
| Stool: | Brown wood |
| Table: | Brown wood |
| Tower: | Argent or gray |
| Wall: | Gray or argent stone |
| Well: | Gray or argent stone |
Arts & Sciences |
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| Bauble: | Brown wood, argent or pink face, explicitly-blazoned vestments |
| Book: | Argent pages, brown leather cover |
| Drum: | Brown wood, argent skin |
| Drumstick: | Brown wood |
| Frame: | Brown wood |
| Hautboy: | Brown wood |
| Paintbrush: | Brown wood handle, sable bristles |
| Thyrsus: | Brown wood, wreathed vert |
Farming |
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| Bucket: | Brown wood |
| Carriage Frame: | Brown wood |
| Gate: | Brown wood |
| Hayfork: | Brown wood |
| Mill: | Gray or argent stone |
| Pitchfork: | Brown wood |
| Rake: | Brown wood |
| Saddle: | Brown leather |
| Shovel: | Brown wood |
| Spade: | Brown wood |
| Tub: | Brown wood |
| Wagon: | Brown wood |
Ships & Fishing |
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| Caravel: | Brown wood |
| Drakkar: | Brown wood, sails blazoned separately |
| Hulk: | Brown wood |
| Lymphad: | Brown wood |
| Oar: | Brown wood |
| Trireme: | Brown wood, sails blazoned separately |
Military |
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| Armor Stand: | Brown wood |
| Catapult: | Brown wood |
| Club: | Brown wood |
| Cutlass: | Blade argent, hilt Or |
| Dagger: | Blade argent, hilt Or |
| Grenade: | Sphere sable, flames alternately or and gules |
| Handgun: | Brown wood, black metal |
| Rapier: | Blade argent, hilt Or |
| Scimitar: | Blade argent, hilt Or |
| Sword: | Blade argent, hilt Or |
| War Hammer: | Sable head and brown wood handle |
| War Wagon: | Brown wood |
Assorted Objects |
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| Firebrand: | Brown wood, flames alternating gules and Or |
| Rod: | Brown wood |
| Smoking Pipe: | Brown wood |
| Staff: | Brown wood |
| Wheel: | Brown wood |
