Violaceum (Pourpre)
Nigrum
These are still the commonest colours, but a few more have been added since; they are, however, rarely used.
Besides the metals and the colours a few furs are used in heraldry; the two most usual of these are Ermine and Vair. Ermine is white and shows little conventional spots on it, which represent the black tips of the tails of the same animal.
Vair is supposed to represent little grey squirrel skins spread out and arranged touching each other. It is coloured blue and white.
The others, rarely found, are variations on one or other of these two.