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'''[[:Category:Institutional heraldry|Institutional Heraldry]] of the World''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
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'''Arms''': Bleu Celeste a Rainbow bendwise enarched throughout proper surmounted by two Pallets Or abutting a Pile reversed in base Argent.<br> | '''Arms''': Bleu Celeste a Rainbow bendwise enarched throughout proper surmounted by two Pallets Or abutting a Pile reversed in base Argent.<br> | ||
'''Crest''': Two stone Steps upon the lower three Tubes of Oil Paint palewise proper and upon the higher a Lion sejant affronty Gules supporting between the rear legs with the sinister forepaw a Newton’s Disc the colours fading towards the centre proper and holding aloft in the dexter forepaw a Prism Argent the tail disposed to the sinister perched thereon a Morpho Butterfly Azure.<br> | '''Crest''': Two stone Steps upon the lower three Tubes of Oil Paint palewise proper and upon the higher a Lion sejant affronty Gules supporting between the rear legs with the sinister forepaw a Newton’s Disc the colours fading towards the centre proper and holding aloft in the dexter forepaw a Prism Argent the tail disposed to the sinister perched thereon a Morpho Butterfly Azure.<br> | ||
Motto: Coloribus videamus | Motto: Coloribus videamus | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The red lion (for Great Britain) sits on two steps (to represent achievement) holding up a prism (for optical science) and supporting between his legs a version of Newton’s Disc delicately coloured in, which was the first attempt to make a chromaticity diagram (to represent colorimetry), while on his tail perches a Morpho butterfly, the object of one of Professor Wright’s researches (for colour in nature), and on the step are three tubes of coloured paint which the artist has made red, yellow and blue (to represent both the colorant manufacturing industry and the artists and designers who use these products). | The red lion (for Great Britain) sits on two steps (to represent achievement) holding up a prism (for optical science) and supporting between his legs a version of Newton’s Disc delicately coloured in, which was the first attempt to make a chromaticity diagram (to represent colorimetry), while on his tail perches a Morpho butterfly, the object of one of Professor Wright’s researches (for colour in nature), and on the step are three tubes of coloured paint which the artist has made red, yellow and blue (to represent both the colorant manufacturing industry and the artists and designers who use these products). | ||
The motto translates as “Through colour let us see." | The motto translates as “Through colour let us see."'''[[Literature]]''': Heraldry Gazette 132, 2014. | ||
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[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 2013]] | [[Category:Granted 2013]] | ||