[MR] Pink in Heraldry

[chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org]

It's okay - it's just faded gules...;-)

Chagan

>>>Yup, I've noted to lunch buddies for years that the sweetener industry
> has done its bit for heraldry. The pink (gules), yellow (or) and blue
> (azure) package artificial ones. the white (argent) package regular
> sugar and the brown (braun) package raw sugars. Heraldry at its most
> basic.
> --
> Rorik Fredericsson
> Baron Storvik
> <<
>
> Actually, pink is not heraldic. The closest you get is a much later added
> tincture, carnation, which is light flesh-tone. But that's not medieval.
>
> Vivat the Dream,
> Lady Julienne fille Gaspard, mka Jewel Shuping
> Scribe of Atlantia
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