[ANSTHRLD] Device Construction Question
Haines, Paul
PHA at allseas.com
Wed Mar 5 12:21:06 PST 2003
Right. The Middle Kingdom is another good example. They have an argent
field with a pale gules and overall a dragon passant? vert (I believe).
Alden
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> From: jds at randomgang.com [SMTP:jds at randomgang.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Device Construction Question
>
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:49:38PM -0600, Herndon, Darin wrote:
> > If you have a device with a metal field and a color ordinary for a
> > primary charge (say a fess or pale), an overall charge would need to be
> > done in a contrasting color to the ordinary but it would need to be a
> > color since most of it would be over the field. Right?
>
> Since 'overall' charges are defined as lying on the field, it must have
> proper contrast with the field. In this case, it would need to be a
> color. It cannot be the same color as the charge it's overlying, or
> else it'd be too obscuring.
>
> The example given in the RfS has a sable fess overlying a purpure lion.
> About the only worse color-color contrasting pair I can think of would
> be blue and purple.
>
> -Emma
>
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