pastel tones
Pale, gentle colors
Pastel tones are soft, muted colors—pinks, blues, lavenders, mint greens—created by adding white to pure hues.
The effect is gentle and understated rather than vivid: The nursery was decorated in pastel tones.
In design and fashion, pastel tones suggest lightness, spring, or vintage aesthetics.
The term applies equally to visual art, interior design, and color palettes generally.
- softYielding to touch
- soft focusDeliberately blurred image technique
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- dustyCoated with fine particles
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
lavender · mint · peach · powder · delicate · faded · faded photograph · gentle · creamy · chalky · hazy · dreamy · morning light · rose · baby blue · lilac · sage · mauve
- colored crayonsred, blue, yellow, green, orange
- color photographycolor balance, color correction, color grading, color temperature, color negative
- Impressionismwater lilies, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Giverny, Monet
- pigeons and doves in artwhite dove, dove of peace, mourning dove, rock dove, carrier pigeon
- soft focusblur, bokeh, diffusion, softness, out of focus
pastel tonesvivid colors
Intense, striking shades
bold colors · vibrant colors · bright colors · rich colors · neon colors
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