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Synonyms for pastel

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pa-stel; especially British pas-tl
Phonetic Transcription : pæˈstɛl; especially British ˈpæs tl

Définition of pastel

Origin :
  • 1660s, "crayons, chalk-like pigment used in crayons," from French pastel "crayon," from Italian pastello "a pastel," literally "material reduced to a paste," from Late Latin pastellus "dye from the leaves of the woad plant," diminutive of pasta (see pasta). Meaning "pale or light color" (like that of pastels) first recorded 1899. As an adjective from 1884.
  • adj muted in color
Example sentences :
  • This was painted from life in pastel, by William Williams, at Philadelphia in 1794.
  • Extract from : « Washington's Masonic Correspondence » by Julius F. Sachse
  • The tunnel entrance glowed with the pastel radiance from the rocks.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
  • It was all right if you shut your eyes, for Miriam wasn't what you'd call a pastel.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Fields fled beneath them, looking like a crazy-quilt in pastel.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn
  • A pastel that I have just begun—the portrait of the Princesse de Ponteve.
  • Extract from : « Strong as Death » by Guy de Maupassant
  • They indulged in pastel shades and frills which were used in fantastic ways.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
  • He was a pupil of Devosge and Greuze, and also painted in pastel.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Miniatures » by J. J. Foster
  • No etchings were made, though we believe he did a water-colour or pastel.
  • Extract from : « The Life of James McNeill Whistler » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • There is a spontaneousness about them we search for in vain in his work in oil and pastel.
  • Extract from : « Millet  » by Percy Moore Turner
  • He worked to the very last, and sent some pastel heads to the Salon of 1779.
  • Extract from : « Chardin » by Paul G. Konody

Antonyms for pastel

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