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Things pastel often describes ("pastel ________")
- color
- coloring
- sky
- silk
- paint
- carpet
- crayons
- work
- paper
- light
- powder
- buildings
- illustrations
- green
- blouse
- skirts
- palette
- tint
- walls
- chalks
- sweater
- tones
- portrait
- colour
- drawing
- medium
- paintings
- sweaters
- clothes
- pencils
- toxicity
- shade
- curtains
- look
- blue
- chiffon
- decor
- skirt
- scheme
- head
- shirts
- sketch
- houses
- tints
- dust
- fixative
- peach
- pants
- hue
- hues
- flowers
- gowns
- quality
- shirt
- ribbons
- version
- yellow
- painter
- orange
- drawings
- background
- suit
- prints
- blues
- colours
- pinks
- technique
- clothing
- ribbon
- dresses
- stucco
- suits
- chalk
- glow
- sofa
- gown
- picture
- pink
- schemes
- greens
- colors
- rainbow
- sketches
- haze
- shades
- mink
- colouring
- crayon
- portraits
- wallpaper
- dress
- effect
- tone
- pictures
- fabrics
- painting
How pastel often is described ("________ pastel")
- eyed
- light
- red
- candid
- original
- dead
- finished
- powdered
- eighteenth
- colored
- exquisite
- white
- coloured
- elegant
- fragile
- orange
- brilliant
- hard
- magnificent
- excess
- century
- pink
- superb
- more
- small
- fresh
- length
- myriad
- warm
- famous
- blended
- contemporary
- size
- little
- black
- obliterated
- yellow
- faint
- pale
- pleasant
- gray
- clever
- anonymous
- delicate
- dry
- brown
- green
- pretty
- royal
- effaced
- oval
- quick
- beautiful
- uncompromising
- charming
- learnt
- fine
- delightful
- milky
- bright
- large
- unreal
- pure
- rich
- sepia
- musical
- handsome
- blue
- plain
- dark
- grey
- soft
- palest
- lovely
