# Orange (heraldry)

In heraldry, orange is a tincture, rarely used other than in Catalan, South African, French municipal and American military heraldry. As a colour, Orange should be used against metals in order not to contravene the rule of tincture. Orange is distinct not only from Gules (red), but also from Tenné (or Tanné), which originated as the light-brownish colour of tanned leather, and from Carnation, used for the depiction of white human skin.
Orange was not allocated a pattern in the system of hatching developed in the early 17th century, but later received one in the form of a series of vertical lines of dots and dashes (a hybrid of the vertical lines used to represent Gules, and the dots used to represent Or).
The orange colour used in heraldry should be rich and deep enough to be clearly distinguished from both metals, Argent (white) and Or (yellow), and from Gules (red), Tenné (light brown) and Carnation (flesh-colour).

## Gallery

* Arms of commune Lamorlaye, France.
* Coat of arms of the Lagouanelle-Dély family.
* Arms of the commune Tavel, Gard, France.
* Arms of the commune Monchy-sur-Eu, France.
* Arms of the commune Margny-les-Compiègne, France
* Arms of Bellefontaine, France.
* Arms of Le Sap, France
* Arms of Brullioles, Rhône, France.
* Coat of arms of Armenia, bearing an escutcheon orange overall.
* Arms of Saint-Honoré, Québec.
* Arms of Anthy-sur-Léman, French Savoy.
* Arms of Hugleville-en-Caux, Normandy, featuring a leaf orange.
* Arms of Saint-Martin-du-Manoir, Normandy.
* Coat of arms of La Chapelle-du-Bois-des-Faulx, Eure, featuring an orange flower.
* Arms of Sorquainville, Normandy, featuring a cow argent with spots orange.
* Faultive arms of Andelu, Yvelines, France, featuring a roundel orange.
* Arms of Camps-la-Source, Provence, featuring the Cross orange on the lilies of France.
* Arms of Coutarnoux, Burgundy, featuring a castle orange.
* Arms of Lichères-près-Aigremont, in Burgundy

### On flags
#### Current national

* Flag of Armenia
* Flag of Bhutan
* Flag of the Cherokee Nation
* Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
* Flag of Ireland
* Flag of the Marshall Islands
* Flag of Niger
* Flag of Sri Lanka
* Flag of Zambia

#### Current governmental

* Royal Standard of the Netherlands
* Netherlands Coast Guard flag
* Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
* Governmental flag of the Royal Netherlands Army
* Flag of the United States Federal Aviation Administration
* Guidon of the United States Army Signal Corps

#### Historic national

* Prince's Flag (Prinsenvlag), Netherlands
* Flag of the Duchy of Nassau (1806-1866)
* Flag of the former Orange Free State (1857 to 1902)
* Flag of South Africa (former, 1928-1982)
* Flag of the President of South Africa (former, 1984–1994)
* Flag of the former Republic of Anguilla (1967–1969)
* Flag of the Maratha Empire
* Flag of Tibet (former, 1920-1925)

#### Current subnational

* Flag of the Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
* Flag of the Northern Territory, Australia
* Flag of the Department of Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
* Flag of Bali, Indonesia
* Flag of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
* Flag of Nagano Prefecture, Japan
* Flag of Mandalay Division, Myanmar
* Flag of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
* Flag of Sokoto State, Nigeria
* Flag of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
* Flag of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
* Flag of Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand
* Flag of Udon Thani province, Thailand
* Flag of Cojedes State, Venezuela

#### Current municipal

* Flag of Ashkelon, Israel
* Flag of Kfar Saba, Israel
* Flag of Rishon LeZion, Israel
* Flag of Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan
* Flag of Ora, Gunma, Japan
* Flag of the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
* Flag of Homa Bay County, Kenya
* Flag of Cusco, Peru
* Flag of Lima, Peru
* Flag of Orania, South Africa
* Flag of Juba, South Sudan
* Flag of Orange County, California, USA
* Flag of San Jose, California, USA
* Flag of Miami, Florida, USA
* Flag of Jersey City, New Jersey
* Flag of Albany, New York, USA
* Flag of Nassau County, New York, USA
* Flags of New York City, New York, USA
* Flag of Borough of the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
* Flag of the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
* Flag of Schenectady County, New York
* Flag of Ulster County, New York
* Flag of Westchester County, New York

#### Current social and political

* Buddhist flag
* Flag of Buddhism in Thailand
* A flag of the Chagossians
* Flag of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
* Flag of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal
* Flag of the Orange Order
* Flag of the Orange Order in Canada
* Rainbow flag (LGBT)
* Wiphala

#### Other

* House flag of the former South African Marine Corporation (1969-2020)
* Whitney Smith's Flag of Antarctica (proposed)