| 1.
Per fess argent and Or. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 2.
Per pall inverted sable, gules, and vert. |
| The answer is
No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; cannot be per pall of
three colors. |
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| 3.
Per saltire purpure and azure. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 4.
Quarterly gules and azure, a cross vert. |
| The answer is
No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; field is not neutral or
metal |
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| 5.
Per chevron azure and argent, a fess gules. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture.; neutral field |
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| 6.
Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a bend argent. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 7.
Per pale argent and Or, a pale erminois. |
| The answer is
No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; field is not neutral or
color; erminois counts as a metal. |
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| 8.
Per bend azure and gules, a cross sable. |
| The answer is
No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; field is not neutral or
metal. |
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| 9.
Per pall ermine, erminois, and sable. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 10. Per chevron inverted Or
and sable, a pale argent. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; field is neutral |
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| 11. Per saltire azure and erminois, a saltire argent. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; field is neutral |
| |
| 12. Per fess argent and Or, a
fess sable. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
| |
| 13. Per pale sable and argent,
a fess gules. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; field is neutral |
| |
| 14. Per chevron gules and
azure, a chevron argent. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
| |
| 15. Per bend purpure and vert,
a bend vair. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; charge is neutral |
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| 16. Quarterly vair and ermine,
a cross argent. |
| The answer is
No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; this one is a ringer;
the field is OK, but the cross has no contrast with the ermine part
and very poor with the vair part, which is half argent. |
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| 17. Per pall gules, vair, and
sable, a pall argent. |
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; vair is neutral; thus it has
good contrast with gules and sable; the pall has good contrast with
all of the parts of the field. |
| |
| 18. Per pall inverted Or,
argent, and ermine, a pall inverted sable. |
| The answer is
No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; cannot be per pall of
three metals |
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| 19. Per bend sinister sable
and argent, a bend sinister counter ermine. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; the bend sinister is
essentially sable which does not have sufficient contrast against
the sable half of the field |
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| 20. Per saltire Or and argent.
|
| The answer is
Yes: Obeys the rule of
tincture. |
