Orange (heraldry)

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Heraldic tincture

title: "Orange (heraldry)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["colours-(heraldry)", "shades-of-orange", "flags-by-color"] description: "Heraldic tincture" topic_path: "general/colours-heraldry" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(heraldry)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Heraldic tincture ::

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In heraldry, orange is a tincture, rarely used other than in Catalan, South African, French municipal and American military heraldry. As a colour, Orange should be used against metals in order not to contravene the rule of tincture. Orange is distinct not only from Gules (red), but also from Tenné (or Tanné), which originated as the light-brownish colour of tanned leather, and from Carnation, used for the depiction of white human skin.

Orange was not allocated a pattern in the system of hatching 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 (white) and Or (yellow), and from Gules (red), Tenné (light brown) and Carnation (flesh-colour).

Gallery

File:Blason Lamorlaye.svg|Arms of commune Lamorlaye, 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, France. File:Blason Monchy-sur-Eu.svg|Arms of the commune Monchy-sur-Eu, 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, France File:Blason ville fr Brullioles (Rhône).svg|Arms of Brullioles, Rhône, France. File:Coat of arms of Armenia.svg|Coat of arms of Armenia, bearing an escutcheon orange overall. File:Blason ville ca Saint-Honoré (Québec).svg|Arms of Saint-Honoré, Québec. File:Blason ville fr Anthy-sur-Léman.svg|Arms of Anthy-sur-Léman, French Savoy. File:Blason ville fr Hugleville-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime).svg|Arms of Hugleville-en-Caux, Normandy, featuring a leaf orange. File:Blason de Saint-Martin-du-Manoir (Seine-Maritime).svg|Arms of Saint-Martin-du-Manoir, Normandy. File:Blason ville fr La Chapelle-du-Bois-des-Faulx (Eure).svg|Coat of arms of La Chapelle-du-Bois-des-Faulx, Eure, featuring an orange flower. File:Blason ville fr Sorquainville (Seine-Maritime).svg|Arms of 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, Provence, featuring the Cross orange on the lilies of France. File:Blason de la ville de Coutarnoux (Yonne).svg|Arms of Coutarnoux, Burgundy, featuring a castle orange. File:Blason de la ville de Lichères-près-Aigremont (89).svg|Arms of Lichères-près-Aigremont, in Burgundy

On flags

Current national

Current governmental

Historic national

|Prinsenvlag.svg|Prince's Flag (Prinsenvlag), Netherlands |Flagge Herzogtum Nassau (1806-1866).svg|Flag of the Duchy of Nassau (1806-1866)

|Flag of the Orange Free State.svg|Flag of the former Orange Free State (1857 to 1902) |Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg|Flag of South Africa (former, 1928-1982) |Flag of the President of South Africa (1984–1994).svg|Flag of the President of South Africa (former, 1984–1994)

|Flag of Anguilla (1967-1969).svg|Flag of the former Republic of Anguilla (1967–1969)

|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|Flag of the Maratha Empire |SnowLion-Gankyil-Flag.jpg|Flag of Tibet (former, 1920-1925)

Current subnational

Current municipal

|Flag of Jersey City, New Jersey.png|Flag of Jersey City, New Jersey

Current social and political

Other

|Flag of the South African Marine Corporation.svg|House flag of the former South African Marine Corporation (1969-2020) |Proposed flag of Antarctica (Whitney Smith).svg|Whitney Smith's Flag of Antarctica (proposed)

References

Fox-Davies, A. C.. (1969). "A Complete Guide to Heraldry". Thomas Nelson.

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