Sage is a grey-green resembling that of dried sage leaves. As a

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, it is an equal mix of the tertiary colors

citron The citron (''Citrus medica''), historically cedrate, is a large fragrant citrus fruit with a thick rind. It is said to resemble a 'huge, rough lemon'. It is one of the original citrus fruits from which all other citrus types developed throu ...

and

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic ro ...

. The hex RGB color value of the Sage swatch at right is BCB88A.John Lemos, 1920, "Color Charts for the School Room", in ''School Arts'', vol. 19, pp 580–584 For decades, some military flight jackets were made in sage green color.

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