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Examples of pastel in a Sentence
She has a collection of pastels.
She prefers a pastel like light yellow.
The room is painted in a pastel shade of blue.
Recent Examples of pastel from the Web
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The polish collection is Toomey’s latest with the brand, and unlike her previous one that included sandy brown and dusty pink shades reminiscent of the desert, these three new ones are lighter pastels that may call to mind a peaceful sunrise.
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As part of the Ramble, the Aurora Art League will have about 75 pieces including colored pencil works, pastels, water color paintings and photography at the Batavia Public Library.
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The decor is very retro pastel, with schoolhouse lamps and displays of cake stands in jadeite and rose glass.
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The vibrant collection features four shades that sit somewhere between Easter egg pastels and an Andy Warhol exhibit, but Fab is the one that really speaks to me.
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The show features works in oil, acrylic, water media, photography, pastel, charcoal, mixed media, calligraphy, and drawing.
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She's spent considerable time in the north, and her oil paintings perfectly evoke the damp pastels of Southeast Alaska.
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This Sunday, April 1, eggs will be dyed and pastels will be worn.
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Lean into the look this season with 20 fresh takes on both spring denim and spring pastels.
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Origin and Etymology of pastel
French, from Italian pastello, from Late Latin pastellus woad, from diminutive of pasta
Examples of pastel in a Sentence
a pastel blue to go with the pale pink walls
Recent Examples of pastel from the Web
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Models emerged wearing resplendent 18th-century men’s coats threaded in gold, matched with pastel silk running shorts and sneakers whose soles had been pumped up.
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Kylie Jenner has experimented with hair colors and wigs of all hues — from pastel teal to neon yellow and everything in between — but her latest look is to dye for.
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Now imagine if the X-Men's jet-black jackets were reversible, and had pastel yellows and blues.
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Then, there were the vivid and pastel blocks of color at Fendi, Missoni, and Marni.
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Lindsey Chaddick, formerly of California and now living in England, last month left the security booth after the screening machine found pastel-colored scissors in her daughters’ backpacks.
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Fishnet socks and 90’s denim give the styling a punky edge, while pastel silks and subtle florals add a softer retro tinge.
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There’s a Romanesque monastery, some pretty squares with pastel-colored buildings, and two rivers whose handsome bridges make for idyllic views.
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The most intriguing 1904 thread, however, leads to the pastel polyester suit of Ron Burgundy, San Diego’s most inventive historian.
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First Known Use of pastel
1884
pastel Synonyms
Near Antonyms
bright, brilliant, vibrant, vivid;
chromatic, colored, dyed, painted, stained, tinged, tinted;
colorful, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, prismatic, rainbow, varicolored, variegated;
Related Words
flat, lackluster, lusterless, matte (also mat);
achromatic, colorless, uncolored, undyed, unpainted, unstained;
blanched, bleached, washed, white, whitened;
gray (also grey), indistinct, neutral;
PASTEL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of pastel for English Language Learners
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: a type of chalk made from a powdery substance that is used for drawing and comes in many different colors
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: a drawing that is done using pastels
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: a pale or light color
PASTEL Defined for Kids
Definition of pastel for Students
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: a soft pale color
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: a crayon made by mixing ground coloring matter with a watery solution of a gum
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: a drawing made with pastels
Definition of pastel for Students
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: made with pastels
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: light and pale in color
- a pastel blouse
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