| 1. Per fess argent and Or. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 2. Per pall inverted sable, gules, and vert. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; cannot
be per pall of three colors. |
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| 3. Per saltire purpure and azure. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 4. Quarterly gules and azure, a cross vert. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; field
is not neutral or metal |
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| 5. Per chevron azure and argent, a fess gules. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture.; neutral field |
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| 6. Per bend sinister purpure and sable, a bend argent. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 7. Per pale argent and Or, a pale erminois. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; field
is not neutral or color; erminois counts as a metal. |
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| 8. Per bend azure and gules, a cross sable. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; field
is not neutral or metal. |
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| 9. Per pall ermine, erminois, and sable. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 10. Per chevron inverted Or and sable, a pale argent. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; field is neutral |
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| 11. Per saltire azure and erminois, a saltire argent. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; field is neutral |
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| 12. Per fess argent and Or, a fess sable. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 13. Per pale sable and argent, a fess gules. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; field is neutral |
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| 14. Per chevron gules and azure, a chevron argent. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
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| 15. Per bend purpure and vert, a bend vair. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; charge is neutral |
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| 16. Quarterly vair and ermine, a cross argent. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; this one
is a ringer; the field is OK, but the cross has no contrast with the ermine
part and very poor with the vair part, which is half argent. |
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| 17. Per pall gules, vair, and sable, a pall argent. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture; vair is neutral;
thus it has good contrast with gules and sable; the pall has good contrast
with all of the parts of the field. |
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| 18. Per pall inverted Or, argent, and ermine, a pall inverted
sable. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; cannot
be per pall of three metals |
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| 19. Per bend sinister sable and argent, a bend sinister counter
ermine. |
| The answer is No: Does not obey the rule of tincture; the bend
sinister is essentially sable which does not have sufficient contrast against
the sable half of the field |
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| 20. Per saltire Or and argent. |
| The answer is Yes: Obeys the rule of tincture. |
