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The roundel is a generic name which comprises all charges which are plain circular figures of color or metal. There are different terms for each color in English heraldry as shown below. Roundels of more than one color are refered to as "per pale".

or = bezant argent = plate gules = torteau azure = hurt sable = ogress,
pellet or gunstone


vert = pomme
or pomeis
purpure = golpe tenné = orange sanguine = guze
barry wavy argent
& azure = fountain
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