Compartment (heraldry) Compartment (heraldry) In heraldry, a compartment is a design placed under the shield, usually rocks, a grassy mount ("mount vert"), or some sort of other landscape upon which the supporters are depicted as standing. Care must be taken to distinguish true compartments from items upon which supporters are merely resting one or more feet, or, sometimes, mere heraldic badges or pure decoration under the shield, and, conversely, care must also be taken in very unusual cases such as the coat of arms of Belize, in which what may be taken to be a crest, the mahogany tree rising above the
Orange (heraldry) (red) and dots (yellow). A color used for orange in armorials should be distinct from both Gules (red) and Or (yellow), but also from Tenné (light brown) and carnation (flesh-colour). Orange (heraldry) In heraldry, orange is a rarely used tincture except in Catalan, South African, and American Military heraldries. Unless in English heraldry, Orange is not to be confused with tenné ("tanné"), which depicts the color of tanned leather and then slowly became a tincture of its own, along with carnation used for white human skin. Orange didn't receive a hatching pattern during medieval and renaissance times, and first was