Pastel

Noun

 * 1) Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender
 * 2) A drawing made with any of those colors.
 * 3) A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
 * 4) A crayon made from such a paste.

Adjectives for Pastel
luscious; summer; gleaming; white.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From pasta paste

Anagrams

 * palest, petals, plates, pleats, septal, staple,* tepals

Noun

 * 1) pastel

Etymology
From pastel:,  pastello:, from  pastellum:, from  pasta:.

Noun

 * 1) crayon
 * 2) a fried pastry made of wheat flour, filled with cheese, meat or other fillings; comparable to German Teigtaschen

Noun

 * 1) cake, pie, pastry

Etymology
From pastellus:.

Related terms

 * pastelero
 * pastelería