Last updated 13 May, 2006

There are only two metals in heraldic colouring, gold and siver, which equate to a yellow and white. See colours and furs for other colours and patterns on a shield.

Name	Abbrv	English	Black and white representation
or	Or	gold	Dots
argent	Arg.	Silver	Plain

Because of the general rule is that colour should not appear immediately on another colour, nor a metal on another metal, coloured charges tend to appear on metal grounds and vice versa.