PASTEL

I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian ~lo, from Late Latin ~lus woad, from diminutive of pasta Date: 1662 a paste made of powdered pigment ranging from pale to deep colors and used for making crayons, 2. a drawing in ~, the process or art of drawing with ~s, a light literary sketch, any of various pale or light colors, II. adjective Date: 1884 1. of or relating to a ~, made with ~s, pale and light in color, lacking in body or vigor