Timeline for What is up with these two groups of flags?
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| Feb 16, 2023 at 20:43 | comment | added | M Oehm | But the criterion is hard to spot if you don't know about the metals in heraldry. It's something I had stashed away in the back of my brain, probably from reading about the Middle Ages in my early teens. (Quite some time ago. I'm now in my "middle age" myself.) | |
| Feb 16, 2023 at 20:08 | comment | added | Sam Kauffman | I would accept a solution that doesn't mention heraldry at all, as long as it accurately describes the restrictions in group A. For example: "In group A, yellow and white may not touch each other, and any two colors that are not yellow or white may not touch each other." | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 20:06 | history | edited | M Oehm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 6, 2023 at 20:05 | comment | added | M Oehm | Oh, I got the rule right, I think, but I described that exactly the wrong way round: only metals and non-metals can touch. I'll correct that. (I answered that from memory and I'm not exactly well versed in the nomenclature of heraldry.) | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 20:02 | comment | added | Sam Kauffman | I'm a bit disappointed that nobody voted. I wanted to see if people thought the rule actually produces better-looking flags. Who would have thought opinions would be so hard to come by on the Internet? | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 20:00 | comment | added | Sam Kauffman | You got it! To clarify the wording a bit: the Rule of Tincture only applies to solid-colored tinctures (not to "furs"). The solid-colored tinctures are in two categories: yellow/gold and white/silver are called "metals," and all others are called "colors." The Rule of Tincture states that two "metals" may not touch, and two "colors" may not touch. | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 19:55 | vote | accept | Sam Kauffman | ||
| Feb 6, 2023 at 19:52 | history | answered | M Oehm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |