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Screen and web colours

Colours defined for screens, browsers and software.

#FFD700 Gold A strong yellow named for the precious metal and often linked with wealth and first placeNamed shade Blue Bleu celeste A pale blue used as a rare heraldic colour, lighter than traditional azureNamed shade

Black Sable The heraldic name for the colour blackHeraldic colour · 🇩🇪 Germany +3

Green Vert The heraldic name for green, seen on coats of arms and many national flagsHeraldic colour · 🇧🇷 Brazil +4

#FFC680 Buff A pale brownish yellow named for the colour of natural leatherNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +3

Purple and violet Purpure A heraldic colour for purple, seen in coats of arms since early timesBasic colour

Blue Vair A blue and white heraldic fur pattern based on squirrel peltsHeraldic colour

Pink and magenta Carnation A heraldic colour for skin tones and sometimes pink detailsHeraldic colour · 🇫🇷 France +2 Red Sanguine A dark blood-red stain used as a heraldic colourHeraldic colour

Orange Tenné A rare heraldic stain of orange-tawny, named for tanned leatherNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +3

Purple and violet Murrey A dark reddish purple used as a rare heraldic colourHeraldic colour Grey Cendrée A rare heraldic grey, the colour of ashes, iron, and stone wallsHeraldic colour · 🇩🇪 Germany +1

Pink and magenta Rose A bright pink colour used as a heraldic tincture in Canada since the late 1900sHeraldic colour

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Buff: Johan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Gold: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Murrey: Mich Taylor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Tenné: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Public domain, source
Vert: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Purpure: Lobsterthermidor ( talk ) 13:24, 30 April 2017 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Carnation: MarieLoeise, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Sable: Mickey Bohnacker, Presse-Fotograf, Frankfurt/Main, Public domain, source
Vair: Ray eye, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
Rose: X xCHADx, Public domain, source

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