In heraldry, purpure (/ˈpɜːrpjʊər/) is a tincture, equivalent to the colour purple, and is one of the five main or most usually used colours (as opposed to metals). It may be portrayed in engravings by a series of parallel lines at a 45-degree angle running from upper right to lower left from the point of view of an observer, or else indicated by the abbreviation purp.
Banner used during the reign of Alfonso VII of León (1105-1157)
Purpure has existed since the earliest periods, for example in the purpure lion of the arms of León; at that time, it was painted in a greyer shade. However, it has never been as common as the other colours, and this has led to some controversy as to whether it should be counted among the common colours. In French heraldry, the colour is usually excluded from the common colours as well as considered "ambiguous" (could be either colour or metal), and Finnish heraldry restricts its use to certain additaments.[1]
There is at least one instance of it being blazoned as "Imperial Purple".[2] One of the most expensive colours to acquire in ancient times, Tyrian purple was used in the war banner of Byzantine Emperor Komnenos: Purpur (porphyr red) a double-headed eagle displayed Or.
^"Heraldiset värit". The Heraldic Society of Finland (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2013.
^Cilia La Corte, John. "Sperver". Dictionary of Heraldry. Retrieved 1 January 2012. [dead link]
In heraldry, purpure (/ˈpɜːrpjʊər/) is a tincture, equivalent to the colour purple, and is one of the five main or most usually used colours (as opposed...
"colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). Gules is portrayed in heraldic hatching by vertical lines, or...
colour. It is most proximate in appearance to the heraldic tincture of purpure, but is distinct therefrom. According to dictionaries, "murrey" is the...
end of the inscription, are depicted purpure heraldic crosses. Although the shield is officially described as purpure, it is often depicted as red. 1918–1921...
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are present on the arms of the House of Potier, which depict a bendlet purpure between two amphipteres. The Potier heraldry also uses amphipteres as supporters...
thistle flowers Purpure Escutcheon Argent on a bend plumetty of eagle feathers Argent and Sable cotised Sable a mullet Argent fimbriated Purpure in canton the...
Sable and ajoure Azure (for Castile); second quarter Argent a lion rampant Purpure crowned Or, langued and armed Gules (for León); third quarter Or, four...
displayed on an inescutcheon. The whole shield is surrounded by a purple (purpure) mantle with ermine lining, along with fringes and tassels of gold. At...
from the Spanish term golpe de estado. In heraldry, golpe is a purple (purpure) roundel. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
means that the shield is divided per chevron, the upper part being purple (Purpure) and the lower part being gold (Or). The Celestial Crowns have eight points...
Columbus's three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. The Purpure color of the crosses represents the Spanish language and comes from the...
argent ensigned by a cross Or between his horns enclosed by a bordure purpure charged with ten evenly distributed crosses of Lorraine Or. The flag's...
the arms for Angola itself: a golden elephant and a golden zebra on a purpure field. The wavy bars in the base (enté en point) represented Angola's location...
letters, on a ribbon Gules, edged Sable. The whole is placed on a mantle Purpure with ermine lining, fringes and tassels Or and ensigned with the Royal...
neck pendent to a purple riband an escocheon of gold enamelled on a field purpure a representation of Britannia surrounded by the circle and motto of the...
German: Einigkeit macht stark Other elements The whole is placed on a mantle purpure with ermine lining, fringes and tassels or and ensigned with the Royal...
traditional English heraldic principles and maybe blazoned as follows. Shield: Purpure in chief in front of two krises in saltire an open book and in base a Bunga...
splendour Gules the rays Or a sword erect Proper quillons and pomel Or grip Purpure scabbard Azure garnished Or the blade part drawn the scabbard enfiled through...
recognized: gules, or red; sable, or black; azure, or blue; vert, or green; and purpure, or purple; and most heraldic authorities also admit two additional colours...
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