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How to pronounce pastel in English?

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Type of spectral colour, chromatic colour, spectral color, chromatic color
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pastel pink.
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faded pastel charms of the naive music.

Examples of pastel

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Pastel blues are delicate, cool and refreshing, a natural choice for a bathroom.
From the thenewstribune.com
These were like yours, with rectangular painted or tinted pastel-colored frames.
From the kansas.com
Maybe you are nestled in a sleek canoe, paddling silently into a pastel sunrise.
From the toledoblade.com
Inside, that patient input resulted in warm pastel colors for carpets and walls.
From the sacbee.com
Group members exhibit their oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastel plein-air works.
From the washingtonpost.com
It looks particularly great with this season's bright colours and pastel shades.
From the independent.co.uk
For the colours, continue the fairytale feel with cream, pastel, and ivory hues.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It's not all Old World ambiance, magnolias and pastel-colored mansions, however.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The male equivalent of a pastel book would be something directed at lad culture.
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • Any of various pale or light colors
  • Lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"
  • Delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
  • Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation.
  • Pastel is a typical brazilian dish, consisting of crisp pastry with assorted fillings. Its origins are said to have began with Japanese immigrants that moved to Brazil in the 1940's. But pastel from Indonesia was told to be the best at flavor.
  • (The Pastels) The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
  • Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender; A drawing made with any of those colors; A type of dried paste used to make crayons; A crayon made from such a paste
  • (pastels) 1. Sticks of powdered pigment held together with a gum binding agent. 2. Pale colors or tints.
  • (Pastels (Color Families)) Soft sunwashed colors such as sky blue, seafoam green, coral, baby pink, and butter yellow that are used predominantly in spring and summer deliveries and in warmer climates.