Simple: Logos/other relatively simple artwork. Heraldry is on simple shield- or round shapes to fill tan or white pottery.

Simple Greek: Grecian-red clay, generally with white, brown, red, and black, though other colors are possible.

Blackware: Heraldry on simple shield- or round shapes, glazes inlaid on black clay. Logos and other relatively simple artwork.

Sgraffito: Design/heraldry inscribed into bare black clay, as per pre-900, no color. Not for bowls, plates or platters.

Early Italian: 1200-1300s Orvieto, Italy style, mostly  green-and-black on white with crosshatching.

Complex Greek: Design or heraldry worked into grecian scenes as per pre-200 BCE.

Nishapur: 900s Near East polychrome featuring reds, yellows and greens with black on white.

Seljuk: 1200s Near East polychrome featuring mostly red, blue, brown, yellow and black on white. Design between bands

Florence: Best for monochrome designs, this juxtaposes bold designs with filigree fill and borders.

Deruta: Italian-inspired full polychrome on white  featuring heraldry/ design, scrolling vines in matching colors to fill.

Deruta-vine: Based on a 1450s dish from Deruta, Italy, heraldry/design as central element and inspires the colors.

Faenza: Shaded polychrome as from 1470s Faenza, Italy, good for looser versions of heraldry/designs with animals.

Spanish Blue: Small heraldic element or design in the center of the blue and bronze 1400s Spanish design.

Spanish Brown: Mid-1400s  Manises,  brown-and-blue on white. Heraldry on shield or as silhouetted elements .

Isnik: Post-1500 Turkish: polychrome florals and abstracts. Heraldry on medallions or abstracted into overall design.