Heraldry
Sinople, also called
vert, is a
green or dark green
color, usually in the context of
heraldry. In engravings, sinople is represented by diagonal lines from the field or figure's top right to bottom left (that is, from the observer's left to right). In French heraldry,
sinople meant
red until the mid-14th century, when it replaced
vert to mean green. Today, in English-language heraldry,
vert is usually used to mean green.
Mineralogy
Sinople (or
sinopite) is also a clay or quartz containing iron oxides, with a "blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow" (
Webster's Dictionary). It was used by medieval muralists to make the red pigment
sinopia.
Etymology
The word comes from the
Black Sea city of
Sinop (historically
Sinope) in modern-day
Turkey, where the clay had a red-ochre color.
See also
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