Pastel

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: pas=tel

CIDE DICTIONARY

Pastel, n. [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. Pastil.].

•  A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.  W. Black.  [1913 Webster]
•  A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Pastel, n.
1 a crayon consisting of powdered pigments bound with a gum solution.
2 a work of art in pastel.
3 a light and subdued shade of a colour.

Derivative

pastelist n. pastellist n.

Etymology

F pastel or It. pastello, dimin. of pasta PASTE

THESAURUS

Pastel

air brush, art paper, black and white, brouillon, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, cartoon, chalk, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chiaroscuro, crayon, creamy, delicate, delineation, design, diagram, doodle, draft, drawing, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, easel, ebauche, eggshell, esquisse, fair, fixative, flat, gloss, graph, ground, iridescent, lay figure, light, light-colored, light-hued, line drawing, maulstick, medium, mellow, mother-of-pearl, nacreous, opalescent, paint, paintbrush, pale, palette, palette knife, pastel color, patinaed, pearly, pen-and-ink, pencil, pencil drawing, pigments, quiet, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, sad, scratchboard, semigloss, siccative, silhouette, silver-print drawing, simple, sinopia, sketch, sketchbook, sketchpad, sober, soft, soft color, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, softness, somber, spatula, spray gun, study, stump, subdued, subtle, subtle color, sweet, tender, tracing, varnish, vignette, whitish

ROGET THESAURUS

Pastel

Color

N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.

Painting

N painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.