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pastel

2 adjective
     
Related topics: Visual, Painting and Drawing, Colours
pastel2 [only before noun]
1CC pastel colours are light and pale:
pastel blue
The walls were painted in pastel shades.
2AV drawn using pastels:
a set of four small pastel drawings
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