as in pale
lacking intensity of color
a pastel blue to go with the pale pink walls
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as in watercolor
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Recent Examples of pastel
Leanne Italie, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
Draped in white and pastel colors, attendees enjoyed a day of healing as flowers by Fenty Beauty and photos of the lives lost lined the building in Atlanta.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 May 2025
Sam Sifton, New York Times, 2 May 2025
For her 2023 appearance, Palmer wore a strapless pastel pink, blue and white Sergio Hudson tweed gown.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 6 May 2025
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Adjective
Domingo, in Valentino, arrived with Vogue’s Wintour, dressed in a pastel blue coat over a shimmery white gown by Louis Vuitton, a gala sponsor.
—Leanne Italie, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2025
Draped in white and pastel colors, attendees enjoyed a day of healing as flowers by Fenty Beauty and photos of the lives lost lined the building in Atlanta.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 May 2025
Noun
Look at the ladies in their hats and finery, the gentlemen in their pastels and seersucker, untitled aristocrats all, with good money on the line.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 2 May 2025
For her 2023 appearance, Palmer wore a strapless pastel pink, blue and white Sergio Hudson tweed gown.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastel
Adjective
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The blue, silver, and lavender sparkly dress featured a corseted waist and sweetheart neckline—a silhouette and style straight from the Lauren Sánchez school of style—and delicate silver stilettos that flashed her pale pink pedicure.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
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And then, to drive the dagger into Michaela even more, Simone walks down the stairs in a stunning pale blue dress that Michaela had made for her.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The space includes a large coat closet and is adorned with handcrafted, pastel watercolor wallpaper with gold metallic flecks.—
Vivian Marino,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Features beginner-friendly watercolor tutorials that can guide your sessions.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Her devotees are still sweating through workouts at a faded gym in Queens.—
Alex Vadukul,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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It’s all come a long way from Tennant’s time in a house of eight girls at university, laundry drying racks layered with shapeless, faded underwear.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
20 May 2025
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Winning Pega 4 numbers from May 20 drawing Day: 3-9-7-3, Wild: 6 Noche: 2-4-6-6, Wild: 0 Check Pega 4 payouts and previous drawings here.—
Jay Cannon,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Tickets for the game cost $1, and drawings happen twice daily, according to lottery officials.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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To close out the show, Lopez donned a light brown dress with metallic gold closures at the neck and waist as well as a plunging, ab-bearing neckline.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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But Peacock’s Twisted Metal is genuinely fun, and a much lighter look at a post-apocalyptic landscape than The Last of Us, though there’s still plenty of thrilling action sequences.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
26 May 2025
Noun
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One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Indeed, secrets is the operative word, applied not only to these gifted designers but to the Petit Palais, whose collection of some 5,600 jewelry sketches and gouache renderings is barely known, even to specialists.—
Ruth Peltason,
Air Mail,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The final lot, a tempera painting by Jacob Lawrence from 1958, failed to sell, providing a rather awkward round of applause to close the evening.—
Robb Report,
Robb Report,
18 May 2025
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A number of the pieces on display – including works in tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, pencil, pen, and fiber – have rarely been seen outside private collections.—
Mackenzie Farkus,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The exhibit includes paintings, photographs, video work and a site-specific installation composed of water, wood, acrylics and silks.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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As long as the drawer organizer is not wooden or acrylic, it can be put in the dishwasher.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 May 2025
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“Pastel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastel. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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