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The Colors and Metals

Argent
Silver
Or
Gold
Gules
Red
Azure
Blue
Vert
Green
Sable
Black
Purpure
Purple
(rare)

The Furs

Ermine
Ermines
Vair

The Ordinaries

Pale
Fess
Chief
Bend
Cross
Pile
Chevron
Saltire

Pallets
Bars
Bendlets
Chevronels
Pale Endorsed
Fess Cotised

Partitioning the Field

Parti
per Pale
Parti
per Fess
Parti
per Bend
Quarterly
Parti
per Chevron

Patterning the Field

Paly
of Six
Barry
of Six
Bendy
of Eight
Checky
or
Chequée

Lines

A Fess
Dancetty
A Fess
Nebuly
A Fess
Indented
A Fess
Wavy
A Fess
Embattled
A Fess
Engrailed

Blazoning the Arms

Per Pale argent and vert
Per Pale argent and vert, a chevron sable
Per Pale argent and vert, a chevron sable beneath a chief gules
Per Pale argent and vert, a chevron sable; on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant or


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