Color Names

Salvia

Dusty leaf of the sage plant, grey as the stem it grows on.

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Salvia is a cool grey, close to green.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Salvia

Salvia

Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with just under 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. One of several genera commonly referred to as sage, it includes two widely used herbs, Salvia officinalis and Salvia rosmarinus.

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Salvia

Proper noun

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – sage plants.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Italian.
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