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pastel

[pa-stel, pas-tl] / pæˈstɛl, ˈpæs tl /
ADJECTIVE
muted in color
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She says if you are looking to replicate this trend, mix pastel colours, dreamy florals, and tactile materials to form "unexpected clashes" that "look really messy".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Growing venture capital–backed consumer brands, like Blank Street Coffee and dentist office Tend, traded in neons for pastel greens.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

You can still find vestiges of that past in the cobbled alleyways lined with pastel townhouses once owned by sea captains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Elsewhere in Haute Couture Week, Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny sat front row for the Schiaparelli show in a pastel yellow-coloured suit and a tie of plaited golden strands.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Each one was painted a different pastel color and had a card affixed to it announcing the name of the room.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine


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