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What tincture (colour) is the field (the background) of the shield (or the major part of the shield)?
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Argent
Argent

(White or Silver)

Or
Or

(Yellow or Gold)

Sable
Sable

(Black)

Gules
Gules

(Red)

Azure
Azure

(Blue)

Vert
Vert

(Green)

Purpure
Purpure

(Purple)

Ermine
Ermine

(including variations in tinctures other than Argent and Sable)

Vair
Vair

(including Vairy, i.e. Vair in tinctures other than Argent and Azure))

Chequy
Varied

(Patterned, striped or barred in two or more tinctures)

Quarterly
Divided

(Divided by one or two lines into areas of two or more tinctures)

Quartered
Quartered

(Quartered displaying four or more distinct arms)

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