Armorial College of Pride

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A field per bend Fuchsia and Azure, on a bend Argent a bendlet Purpure.

The bendlet upon a bend could, to much the same effect, be blazoned a bendlet between two ribbons, but there is a technical distinction that matters a great deal in formal heraldry.

As the blazon above has it, the bendlet is tinctured with a colour and sits upon an ordinary, the bend, which has been tinctured with a metal, which itself rests across two colours of the field. The alternative form would have the colour bendlet resting across the two colours of the field, which violates the rule of tincture, while the ribbons would be correctly tinctured in metal. It would look the same, but be technically incorrect.

Keen observers will notice that I have not always adhered strictly to the rule of tinctures, although I do try to. There are exceptions though, even in the ancient traditions, and sometimes they must be made. As a matter of interest there are also three categories of tincture that are not traditionally subject to the rule; stains, furs, and those charges given “proper” i.e. in naturalistic hues.