Unit 3 · In-betweens

Sage

HEX: #9CAF88
RGB: 156 175 136
HSL: 89° 20% 61%
CMYK: 11 0 22 31

Sage or Mint?

Greyer and darker than mint, and a little yellower.

Compare: Mint

Language

Sage, the herb, comes from Latin salvia, from salvus, healthy: it was a healing plant. The wise sage is a different word, from Latin sapere, to know.

Kin

Mint: Another green named after a kitchen herb
Olive: Another grey-green from the Mediterranean kitchen
Moss: Another soft grey-green named after a plant

In paintings

Composition VII, Wassily Kandinsky
The Japanese Footbridge, Claude Monet
The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh
The Swing, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Sources

Etymonline, 'sage (n.1)', 'sage (adj.)'

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