Sanguine () is a

stain A stain is a discoloration that can be clearly distinguished from the surface, material, or medium it is found upon. They are caused by the chemical or physical interaction of two dissimilar materials. Accidental staining may make materials app ...

, or non-standard tincture in

heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...

, of a blood-red colour. In the past it was sometimes taken to be equivalent to

murrey In heraldry, murrey is a "stain", i. e. a non-standard tincture, that is a dark reddish purple colour. It is most proximate in appearance to the heraldic tincture of purpure, but is distinct therefrom. Overview According to dictionaries, "m ...

, but they are now considered two distinct tinctures. It is a darker red, the colour of arterial blood.. Accessed 14 July 2009. A shade of red used to depict the tincture Sanguine in armorials should be darker than the shade used for regular

Gules In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...

, as the shade of purple used for murrey should be darker than the one used for

Purpure In heraldry, purpure, () is a tincture, equivalent to the colour "purple", and is one of the five main or most usually used ''colours'' (as opposed to ''metals''). It may be portrayed in engravings by a series of parallel lines at a 45-degree angl ...

. It also should stick into red, by avoiding turning to brown (in order not to introduce confusion with tenné) Roundels of sanguine are referred to as ''guzes'', from the

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''göz'', meaning an eye.
File:Clayhills COA.svg, Arms of Clayhills : Per bend Sanguine and

Vert Vert or Verts may refer to: * Vert (heraldry), the colour green in heraldry * Vert (music producer) (born 1972), pseudonym of Adam Butler, an English music producer * Vert (river), in southern France * Vert (sport), a competition in extreme vers ...

, two greyhounds argent set in bend. File:Emblem of Central Logistics Base (Serbia).svg, Arms of the Central Logistic Base of Serbian Army. File:Coat of arms of Latvia.svg, Coat of Arms of

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, featuring a lion, a quarter, a supporter and a ribbon Sanguine.

is the only nation in Christendom which uses the color Sanguine. The difference in hue between its flag's red and the regular red used in other flags, can serve as a reference for the color Sanguine.

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