I. too, was surprised when I actually saw the Sage color on a real Edge ... it was more grey than I expected, and seemed to have only a very slight greenish or tannish tint depending on the light. But if you pull your bottle of sage spice out of the rack in your kitchen and compare the color, you'll see the basis of this Ford color. There isn't much, if any, green in the bottled stuff, either. It's not a bad color, it's just different than I expected.
(I went with Blazing Copper Metallic, and love it.)
Pete in Virginia