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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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Ordinaries |
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Bend: | Or |
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: | Green (Fig Leaf); brown wood, green leaves; figs come in many colors so the tincture of the fruit must be explicitly blazoned (Fig Sprig Fructed) |
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: | Vert (Hemp Leaf); green leaves (Sprig of Hemp) |
Holly: | Green leaves, red fruit (Three Holly Leaves In Pall); green (Holly Leaf) |
Hop: | Green |
Ivy: | Green leaves, brown wood (Ivy Vine, Wreath Of Ivy, 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 Branch, Linden Leaf Inverted Slipped to Base, Linden Branch of Three Leaves Throughout Bendwise, Linden Leaf Inverted, Linden Leaf, Linden Branch Twined on Itself, Linden Tree Eradicated); 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 Tree, Oak Tree Eradicated, Oak Tree Fructed, Oak Sprig Fructed, 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 and stem (Rowan Leaf); green leaves, brown wood, red berries (Rowan Tree, Rowan Tree Eradicated); 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 (Tree Blasted and Eradicated, Tree Trunk Eradicated, Tree Stump Eradicated, Tree Blasted); brown wood, green leaves (Hurst of Trees Issuant from a Mount, Tree Eradicated Roots and Branches Nowed, Tree Issuant From A Mount, Tree Eradicated, Hurst of Trees Couped, Tree) |
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) |
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 Vested Fesswise, Arm Fesswise Maintaining A Club, Pair of Arms Vested, Pair of Arms Vested Maintaining an Annulet, Arm Couped with Fingers Extended, Arm Embowed Maintaining a Scimitar, Arm Couped, Arm Couped Maintaining a Dagger, Arm Vested Fesswise Maintaining a Gemmed Ring, Arm Couped Maintaining a Torch, Cubit Arm, Arm Couped and Vested Maintaining a Dagger, Arm in Armor Embowed, Arm In Armor Fesswise Embowed Brandishing A Sword, Cubit Arm in Armor, Arm Vested Fesswise With A Hand Of Benediction, Two Arms Issuant with Hands Clasped, Cubit Arm with Fingers Extended, Arm Fesswise Couped Maintaining A Scarf, Arm Embowed); only if skin tone is blazoned; clothing must be explicitly blazoned (Arm Vested, Cubit 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 |
Skeleton: | Argent |
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, Armed Man, Hooded Man Maintaining a Bowl and Staff, Man Vested and Maintaining a Scythe, Man In A Boat Holding Arrows Inverted, Demi-Man Vested, Armed Demi-Man Drawing a Bow, Man's Head Cabossed, Man Hooded and Robed with Arms Extended, Nude Man, Man Seated Upon a Throne, Man Vested); only if skin tone is blazoned (Man's Head Wearing a Hat Issuant from Base, Man's Head Couped, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Hooded Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, 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: | Tail green; human portion only if skin tone is blazoned |
Mermaid: | Tail green; human portion only if skin tone is blazoned (Mermaid Maintaining a Harp, Mermaid In Her Vanity, Mermaid in Her Modesty, Mermaid); human half only if skin tone is blazoned, tail vert (Mermaid) |
Merman: | Tail green; human portion only if skin tone is blazoned |
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's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown and Veil, Woman's Head Couped and Hooded Facing Dexter, Woman's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Woman Mounted on a Bear Passant, Woman's Head Couped, Woman Cloaked and Hooded, Nude Woman, Woman's Head Couped Maintaining a Fillet and Veil, Nude Woman's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Woman Issuant from Base, 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 (Pair of Arches, Arch Stooped, 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 |