(~s)
1.
Pastel colours are pale rather than dark or bright.
...delicate ~ shades.
...~ pink, blue, peach and green.
ADJ: ADJ n, ADJ colour
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Pastel is also a noun.
The lobby is decorated in ~s.
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2.
Pastels are also small sticks of different coloured chalks that are used for drawing pictures.
...~s and charcoal.
...the portrait in ~s.
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3.
A ~ is a picture that has been done using ~s.
...Degas’s paintings, ~s, and prints.
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