Murrey
In heraldry, purple colour
| Murrey | |
|---|---|
| Class | Stain |
| Non-heraldic equivalent | Mulberry, Maroon |
| Monochromatic designations | |
| Hatching pattern | |
| Tricking abbr. | m., M. |
| Poetic designations | |
| Heavenly body | Dragon's Tail |
| Jewel | Sardonyx |
In heraldry, murrey is a "stain", i. e. a non-standard tincture, that is a dark reddish purple colour. It is most proximate in appearance to the heraldic tincture of purpure, but is distinct therefrom.
Overview
According to dictionaries, "murrey" is the colour of mulberries, being somewhere between the heraldic tinctures of gules (red) and purpure (purple), and almost maroon;[1] but examples registered in Canada[2] and Scotland[3] display it as a reddish brown.
Poetic meanings
Centuries ago, arms were often described poetically and the tinctures were associated with different gemstones, flowers and heavenly bodies. Murrey usually corresponded to the following:
- Of jewels, the sardonyx[4]
- Of heavenly bodies, the Dragon's Tail[5]
Examples
The livery colours of the House of York in England in the fifteenth century were azure and murrey, as depicted on the shields of the Falcon of the Plantagenets and the White Lion of Mortimer, which are 2 of the Queen's Beasts.[6]
See also
- Mulberry (color)
- Sanguine
- Stain (heraldry)
- Tenné
- Tincture (heraldry)
References
- ^ Heraldic dictionary at Flags of the World. Accessed 14 July 2009.
- ^ Crest of William Dale Murray: "Issuant from an antique crown or a bison's head in trian aspect murrey accorné or." Canadian Public Register, Volume 4, page 292.
- ^ Arms of ____ Brown: "Murrey; a chevron between two fleurs de lys in chief and a plough in base, or." Public Register, Volume 71, page 26.
- ^ Charles Norton Elvin (1889). A Dictionary of Heraldry. London: Kent. p. 113.
- ^ Elvin, p. 51.
- ^ H. Stanford London. The Queen's Beasts. Newman Neame Ltd. pp. 25–33.
External links
Media related to Murrey at Wikimedia Commons
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Shades of violet
| African violet | Amethyst | Barbie pink | Blue-violet | Blurple | Burgundy | Byzantium | Caput mortuum | Carnation pink | Cerise |
| Chinese violet | Cotton candy | Dark purple | Dark violet | Eggplant | Electric indigo | Electric purple | Electric violet | English violet | English lavender |
| Eminence | Fairy Tale | Fandango | French mauve | French violet | Fuchsia | Grape | Heliotrope | Indigo | Iris |
| Japanese violet | Languid lavender | Lavender blush | Lavender (floral) | Lavender (web) | Lavender pink | Lilac | Majorelle Blue | Magenta | Mardi Gras |
| Mauve | Mauveine | Medium purple | Medium slate blue | Mountbatten pink | Mulberry | Murrey | Old lavender | Orchid | Palatinate |
| Pale purple | Pale lavender | Periwinkle | Persian indigo | Phlox | Pink lavender | Plum (web) | Pomp and Power | Puce | Purple |
| Purple mountain majesty | Purpureus | Rebecca purple | Royal purple | Red-violet | Rose pink | Russian violet | Slate blue | Soap | Steel pink |
| Tekhelet | Thistle | Tropical indigo | Twilight lavender | Tyrian purple | Ultra pink | Ultra Violet | Veronica | Violet | Wisteria |
A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.
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