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  • _Purpure_: and _Murrey_ or _Sanguine_, a dark crimson red, indicated by diagonal lines from both dexter and sinister, crossing each other.

    The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844

  • _Purpure_: -- mix _carmine_ and _French blue_, with a little gum: shade with a darker tint of the same.

    The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844

  • And if ever hereafter I JJjall meet with any bearing Purpure, Ten. or Sanguine; the fir ji flail he reprefentedwith Lines in bend finifter;

    The natural history of Oxford-shire : being an essay toward the natural history of England 1677

  • The hues are Gules (red), symbolic of purity and faith; Azure (blue), indicating sincerity and piety; Vert (green), suggesting youth and hope; Purpure (purple), royalty and rank; and Sable (black), penitence and grief.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

  • The hues are Gules (red), symbolic of purity and faith; Azure (blue), indicating sincerity and piety; Vert (green), suggesting youth and hope; Purpure (purple), royalty and rank; and Sable (black), penitence and grief.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

  • The hues are Gules (red), symbolic of purity and faith; Azure (blue), indicating sincerity and piety; Vert (green), suggesting youth and hope; Purpure (purple), royalty and rank; and Sable (black), penitence and grief.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

  • The hues are Gules (red), symbolic of purity and faith; Azure (blue), indicating sincerity and piety; Vert (green), suggesting youth and hope; Purpure (purple), royalty and rank; and Sable (black), penitence and grief.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

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