Scarlet Sage

Scarlet sage

Scarlet sage may refer to either of two plants in the genus Salvia :

Scarlet (color)

Scarlet is a bright red color, sometimes with a slightly orange tinge. In the spectrum of visible light, and on the traditional color wheel, it is one-quarter of the way between red and orange, slightly less orange than vermilion.

Salvia splendens

Salvia splendens, the scarlet sage, is a tender herbaceous perennial plant native to Brazil, growing at 2,000 to 3,000 m elevation where it is warm year-round and with high humidity. The wild form, rarely seen in cultivation, reaches 1.3 m (4.3 ft) tall. Smaller cultivars are very popular as bedding plants, seen in shopping malls and public gardens all over the world.

Sage (color)

Sage is a grey-green resembling that of dried sage leaves. As a quaternary color, it is an equal mix of the tertiary colors citron and slate. The hex RGB color value of the adjacent sage swatch is BCB88A. For decades, some military flight jackets were made in sage green.

scarlet

Noun

1. A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange.
2. Cloth of a scarlet color.

Adjective

1. Of a bright red colour.
2. Sinful or whorish.

sage

Adjective

1. Wise.
2. Grave; serious; solemn.

Noun

1. A very wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.