Meaning & use
pastel
Pale and soft in color, rather than bright or dark.
See it in a sentence
The nursery walls were painted a pastel shade of pale yellow.
The artist blended pink and blue pastels to sketch the sunset.
A note on using this word
"Pastel" also names a stick of colored, chalk-like drawing medium, in addition to describing pale colors.
Words with a similar meaning
palemuted
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. noun
A crayon made of powdered pigment, or a picture drawn using this medium.
She created a soft pastel of the mountains at dawn.
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