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noun. A drawing medium of dried paste made of ground pigments and a water-based binder that is manufactured in crayon form.

noun. A crayon of this material.

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noun. A picture or sketch drawn with this type of crayon.

noun. The art or process of drawing with pastels.

noun. A soft delicate hue; a pale color.

noun. A sketchy or brief prose work.

adjective. Of, relating to, or made of pastel.

adjective. Pale and soft in color.

noun. The plant woad, Isatis tinctoria; also, the blue dye obtained from it.

noun. In art: A colored crayon made of pigments ground with chalk, and compounded with gum-water into a sort of paste.

noun. A drawing made with colored chalks or crayons; also, the art of drawing with colored crayons.

noun. Figuratively, a short prose study, poetic, picturesque, but sketchy.

noun. In textiles, a soft half-faded tint in fabrics used for dress-materials: so called from its resemblance to the tones of old pastel drawings.

noun. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.

noun. A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.

noun. Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender

noun. A drawing made with any of those colors.

noun. A type of dried paste used to make crayons.

noun. A crayon made from such a paste.

noun. any of various pale or light colors

adjective. delicate and pale in color

adjective. lacking in body or vigor

"She always wore immaculate, starched dresses in pastel colors and usually had these topped off by a cotton bib apron."

delicate  light  light-colored  

chromatic color  chromatic colour  spectral color  spectral colour  

Adel  Adele  Bel  Bell  Belle  

Burgundy  colorful  crayon  cream-colored  creamy  

air brush  art paper  black and white  brouillon  brush  

pastil