View source for Sage (color)

{{Short description|Grey-green colour}}
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|+ Sage as a {{nowrap|quaternary color}}
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|{{legend|#989B9D|slate}}
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|{{legend|#BCB88A|'''sage'''<ref>RGB approximations of RYB tertiary colors, using cubic interpolation.{{cite web |url=http://www.paintassistant.com/rybrgb.html |title=RYB RGB conversion |accessdate=2012-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628074235/http://www.paintassistant.com/rybrgb.html |archivedate=2013-06-28 }} The colors displayed here are substantially paler than the true colors a mixture of paints would produce.</ref>}}
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|{{legend|#DDD06A|citron}}
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'''Sage''' is a grey-green resembling that of dried [[Biology:Salvia officinalis|sage]] leaves. As a quaternary color, it is an equal mix of the tertiary colors [[Citron (color)|citron]] and [[Slate gray|slate]]. The hex RGB color value of the Sage swatch at right is BCB88A.<ref>William J. Miskella, 1928, ''Practical Color Simplified: A Handbook on Lacquering, Enameling, Coloring And Painting'', pp</ref><ref>John Lemos, 1920, "Color Charts for the School Room", in ''School Arts'', vol. 19, pp 580–584</ref>  For decades, some military flight jackets were made in '''sage green''' color.

==References==
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==See also==
*List of colors

{{Shades of green}}

[[Category:Shades of green]]



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