This article describes the heraldic tincture vert. For other uses, see
Vert (disambiguation). In
heraldry, vert is the name of a
tincture roughly equivalent to the colour "
green". It is one of the five dark tinctures (colours). Vert is portrayed in black and white
engravings by lines at a 45 degree angle from upper left to lower right, or indicated by the use of vt. as an abbreviation. Though the English term comes from the French word vert (
green), in French heraldry this tincture has been referred to as
sinople since at least 1415. In Old French, and in the earlier texts, vert meant "green" while sinople was a "red" color named for the mineral paint from which it acquired its name. It is not clear why the meaning of the word changed in French.
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