Tincture (heraldry) - Blazon

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It was formerly customary to avoid repeating the name of any tincture. For example, Gules, on a fess Or a rose gules seeded Or would be expressed as Gules, on a fess Or a rose of the field, seeded of the second. This practice has recently been abandoned by the English College of Arms because in a complicated blazon it can cause confusion.

Likewise, instead of Vert, a fess Or between two lions passant Or, one would say, Vert, a fess between two lions passant Or (sometimes ...all Or): a tincture applies to all charges named since the last tincture mentioned. The Institute of Heraldry often uses the phrase "of the like" in a similar context, differing from the usual English-language practice.