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pastel

[pa-stel, pas-tl] / pæˈstɛl, ˈpæs tl /
ADJECTIVE
muted in color
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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

Daisy’s husband Matt, for one, feels torn about the spoopiness that retailers foreground with their shelves of pastel pumpkins and rainbow-hued ghosts, and not just because of the aesthetics.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

The palette is pastel and soft-washed, mixing with bolder tones, but everything is knocked back, never loud.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

The vivid pink began to fade after four days, becoming a softer pastel shade.

From Science Daily May 2, 2026

He hasn’t picked up a pencil, pastel, stick of charcoal, or paintbrush since.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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