Colours of painting and art
On the palette: oils, watercolour, fresco, miniature and mural.
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Gold
A strong yellow named for the precious metal and often linked with wealth and first placeNamed shade
Green
Vert
The heraldic name for green, seen on coats of arms and many national flagsHeraldic colour · 🇧🇷 Brazil +4
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Buff
A pale brownish yellow named for the colour of natural leatherNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +3
Blue
Vair
A blue and white heraldic fur pattern based on squirrel peltsHeraldic colour
Orange
Tenné
A rare heraldic stain of orange-tawny, named for tanned leatherNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +3
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
- Tenné: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Public domain, source
- Vert: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vair: Ray eye, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source