In heraldry what is the name for the colour black?
Stain (heraldry) refers to the leather tanning process and to the color the finished product is said to have, hence the name "tanné" ('tanned'). Being the initial shade of brown available by itself in heraldry, its hatching form naturally took the shape of red and green lines mixed together. Tenné is expected to be slightly darker than Gules, clearly darker than orange, but lighter than brunatre (dark brown), sanguine (dark red), murrey (dark purple) & sable (black). Stain (heraldry) In heraldry, a stain (sometimes termed stainand colour or staynard colour) is one of a few non-standard tinctures or colours (namely murrey, sanguine
The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory is a book on heraldry and armory by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, originally published in 1904. The book was originally conceived as an English translation of Ströhl's "Heraldischer Atlas", written in German. However, in Fox-Davies' hands, it was so much transformed and expanded that it became a largely original work specifically directed to the history, theory and practice of English heraldry, with illustrations in black and white and in colour throughout. The parts written by Ströhl were translated to English by Fox-Davies's sister Grace Muriel