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In [[heraldry]], part of a [[device]] is '''counterchanged''' if the colours for the background and the [[charge]]s in one section are swapped in another section.

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An example is the device of the [[Kingdom of Meridies]] which is [[blazon]]ed as:
: ''[[Argent]], on a [[pale]] [[sable]] a [[crown]] of three points, above each point a [[mullet ]]argent, overall a [[laurel wreath]] counterchanged.''
This means that the device has a [[pale|vertical bar]] in its center and a laurel wreath covering all of the device. The bar is coloured [[sable]] and the part of the wreath that covers the bar is coloured [[argent]]. Elsewhere in the device, the wreath is ''counterchanged'', meaning the wreath is sable and the background is argent. The crown and mullets are only in the center section so they do not counterchange and are always argent.

If [[clothing]] is '''counterchanged''', then it is [[parti-colored]]. 
[[category: device heraldry]]