Furs are special patterned combinations of tinctures; They are not technically considered either metals or colors, but rather a nuetral sort of in-between tincture. The most common furs are: Ermine and it's varients; counter-ermine, erminois, and pean, and Vair and it's varients; counter-vair, vair-en-point, and vair-in-pale.

the patterns used to provide a background on the shield.

a joint marketing organisation formed by the fur breeders in Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden