'Pastel' definitions:
Definition of 'pastel'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"
adjective
Delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
noun
Any of various pale or light colors
Definition of 'Pastel'
From: GCIDE
- Pastel \Pas"tel\, n. [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. Pastil.]
- 1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] "Charming heads in pastel." --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad ({Isatis tinctoria}); also, the dye itself. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pastel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air brush,
- art paper,
- black and white,
- brouillon,
- brush,
- camera lucida,
- camera obscura,
- canvas,
- cartoon,
- chalk,
- charcoal,
- charcoal drawing,
- chiaroscuro,
- crayon,
- creamy,
- delicate,
- delineation,
- design,
- diagram,
- doodle,
- draft,
- drawing,
- drawing paper,
- drawing pencil,
- drier,
- easel,
- ebauche,
- eggshell,
- esquisse,
- fair,
- fixative,
- flat,
- gloss,
- graph,
- ground,
- iridescent,
- lay figure,
- light,
- light-colored,
- light-hued,
- line drawing,
- maulstick,
- medium,
- mellow,
- mother-of-pearl,
- nacreous,
- opalescent,
- paint,
- paintbrush,
- pale,
- palette,
- palette knife,
- pastel color,
- patinaed,
- pearly,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil,
- pencil drawing,
- pigments,
- quiet,
- rough copy,
- rough draft,
- rough outline,
- sad,
- scratchboard,
- semigloss,
- siccative,
- silhouette,
- silver-print drawing,
- simple,
- sinopia,
- sketch,
- sketchbook,
- sketchpad,
- sober,
- soft,
- soft color,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- softened,
- softness,
- somber,
- spatula,
- spray gun,
- study,
- stump,
- subdued,
- subtle,
- subtle color,
- sweet,
- tender,
- tracing,
- varnish,
- vignette,
- whitish