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- See Carnation (disambiguation) for other meanings.
Coat of arms of
Limoges, France:
De gueules, au chef de Saint Martial de carnation
, orné à l'antique d'or, ombré de sable, entre deux lettres gothiques d'or S et M; au chef d'azur, chargé de trois fleurs de lis d'or.
In heraldry, carnation is a tincture, the colour of European human skin (i.e., pale pink). It is not used in English heraldry but quite frequent on the continent, in France in particular, derived from widespread use in German heraldry.
