Iron color (heraldry)
- Hatching of iron
1.Lighter gray (similar to the hatching of the brown )
2. darker gray (more common internationally)
In heraldry, the white-gray ( gray ) to sky-blue iron color , also steel color , is one of the non- classic colors that was only later assigned to heraldic tinctures as base metal . The heraldic hatching for the representation of the iron color in monochrome pictures of coats of arms is not entirely clear. The first pattern consists of close-fitting lines running diagonally from the right and left. The second hatching pattern is the internationally more common one, with dashed vertical and dashed horizontal lines. It is usually interpreted with a darker gray.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1984.
- ↑ Heinrich August Pierer : Universal Lexicon of the Present and Past or the latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades. Volume 5, Altenburg 1858, p. 584. Facsimiles
- ↑ Italian: Ferro (araldica)
- ↑ Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon, fifth edition, volume 1. Leipzig 1911., p. 558. Facsimiles
- ↑ French: Acier, fer, cendré - Couleur (héraldique)
- ↑ English: Cendrée ( dark gray )