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1. (n.) pastel
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
2. pastel
a dried paste made of ground pigment and compounded with gum water.
3. pastel
a crayon made from such paste.
4. pastel
the art of drawing with such crayons.
5. pastel
a drawing so made.
6. pastel
a light sketch in prose.
7. (adj.) pastel
having a soft, subdued shade.
8. pastel
drawn with pastels.
Etymology: (1655–65; < F < It pastello < LL pastellus, var. of L pastillus (see pastille ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) pastel
any of various pale or light colors
2. (adj) pastel
lacking in body or vigor
"faded pastel charms of the naive music"
3. (adj) pastel
delicate and pale in color
"pastel pink"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pastel
a crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water
2. (noun) pastel
a plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself
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Sense: (of colours) pale, containing a lot of white
a soft pastel green.
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 Afrikaans: pastel |
 Arabic: فاتِح او باهِت اللوْن |
 Bulgarian: пастелен |
 Brazilian: pastel |
 Czech: pastelový |
 German: Pastell-... |
 Danish: pastel- |
 Greek: παστέλ |
 Spanish: pastel |
 Estonian: pastell- |
 Farsi: روشن |
 Finnish: pastelli |
 French: pastel |
 Hebrew: צֶבָע בִּהיר, פַּסטֶל |
 Hindi: हल्का फीका रंग |
 Croatian: pastelni |
 Hungarian: pasztell |
 Indonesian: warna muda |
 Icelandic: pastellitur |
 Italian: pastello |
 Japanese: 淡色の |
 Korean: (색체가)부드럽고 옅은 |
 Lithuanian: pastelinis |
 Latvian: pasteļu- |
 Malay: pastel |
 Dutch: licht- |
 Norwegian: pastell |
 Polish: pastelowy |
 Persian: روشن |
 Pashto: رنګه انځور، هغه رسم چې ډي |
 Portuguese: pastel |
 Romanian: pastelat |
 Russian: пастельный |
 Slovak: pastelový |
 Slovenian: pastelen |
 Serbian: pastelni |
 Swedish: pastell |
 Thai: สีซีด |
 Turkish: soluk, pastel |
 Taiwanese: 淡色的，柔和的 |
 Ukrainian: пастельний |
 Urdu: زرد رنگ |
 Vietnamese: màu nhạt |
 Chinese: 淡色的，柔和的 |
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