Tenné

In heraldry, tenné or tawny or tenny is a "stain", a rarely used tincture, an orangish brown colour, at least in Continental European use.

In Anglophone and South African armory, tenné is orange, as in the shield of Dundee United Football Club (known as the Tangerines), whose field is quarterly tenny and argent. Such a colour is more often blazoned orange, though, as in the shield of Oranjegloed (South Africa) Primary School which features five demi gyrons issuant orange. It was used in the arms of some South African government departments and military units adopted before 1994 (presumably because at that time the national flag was orange, white and blue) and in the bearings of persons and institutions in the Free State, formerly Orange Free State.

See also

• Tawny (color)
• Tawny port