▁belief ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁represent ▁some ▁d ish on ou rable ▁act , ▁although ▁in ▁fact ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁that ▁this ▁use ▁existed ▁outside ▁the ▁imagination ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁f anc iful ▁her ald ic ▁writers . ▁ ▁Perhaps ▁ow ing ▁to ▁the ▁real ization ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁really ▁no ▁such ▁thing ▁as ▁a ▁st ain ▁in ▁genu ine ▁her ald ry , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁desire ▁to ▁create ▁new ▁and ▁unique ▁designs , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁these ▁colours ▁for ▁general ▁purposes ▁has ▁become ▁accepted ▁in ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁and ▁twenty - first ▁centuries . ▁ ▁Occ asion ally ▁one ▁meets ▁with ▁other ▁colours , ▁particularly ▁in ▁contin ental ▁her ald ry , ▁although ▁they ▁are ▁not ▁generally ▁regarded ▁among ▁the ▁standard ▁her ald ic ▁colours . ▁ ▁Among ▁these ▁are ▁c end r ée , ▁or ▁ash - col our ; ▁br un âtre , ▁or ▁brown ; ▁ble u - c él este ▁or ▁ble u ▁de ▁ciel , ▁sky ▁blue ; ▁am ar anth ▁or ▁col umb ine , ▁a ▁bright ▁vio let - red ▁or ▁p ink ▁colour ; ▁and ▁car n ation , ▁commonly ▁used ▁to ▁represent ▁flesh ▁in ▁French ▁her ald ry . ▁ ▁A ▁more ▁recent ▁addition ▁is ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁co pper ▁as ▁a ▁metal ▁in ▁one ▁or ▁two ▁Canadian ▁co ats ▁of ▁arms . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁basic ▁types ▁of ▁her ald ic ▁fur , ▁known ▁as ▁er mine ▁and ▁v air , ▁but ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of