sage-green

Thân thiện

The artist mixed a sage-green paint for the landscape.

Definition

Adjective: - Of a grey-green color resembling the leaves of the sage herb.

Usage

This adjective is used to describe the specific muted, greyish-green color characteristic of sage leaves. It is typically placed before a noun.

Examples

• The designer chose a sage-green paint for the bedroom walls to create a calming atmosphere.
• She wore a beautiful sage-green dress to the evening event.
• The artist mixed blue, yellow, and grey to achieve the perfect sage-green hue for the landscape.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe something that evokes the quiet, earthy quality of the color.
  • The fog over the moor had a sage-green tinge in the early morning light.

Variants and Related Words

• Sage (noun): The herb whose leaves give the color its name. When used alone as a color descriptor (e.g., "a sage dress"), it is understood to mean "sage-green."
• Grey-green (adjective): A more general term for colors mixing grey and green.

Synonyms

• Grey-green
• Olive-grey
• Muted green

Antonyms

• Vivid green
• Lime green
• Emerald green

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of the grey-green color of sage leaves

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sage