Or
The heraldic name for gold, often shown as yellow.
Also: gold (heraldry), yellow (heraldry)
Or is the French word for gold. It is the second of the two heraldic metals and may be painted with real gold or with yellow. In black-and-white drawings it is shown by a field of small dots. Lions, crowns and fleurs-de-lis are very often or. Under the rule of tinctures, gold objects are set on a coloured background, such as the three gold lions on red of the English royal arms, which gives strong contrast.