as in pale
lacking intensity of color
a pastel blue to go with the pale pink walls
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024
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A sensible east-west leather Coach bag in a pretty pastel pink colorway will be your go-to everyday carryall into the spring 2025 season.
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Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Eamon Ore-Giron’s paintings reimagined figures from ancient Andean folklore, such as the dragon Amaru and the great creator Viracocha’s double-headed rainbow, in the pastel shades and flat Corporate Memphis style of millennial-startup subway advertisements.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Lavender plants serve a dual purpose here with their pastel purple blooms and silvery foliage, as does the Wisley Pink rock rose (Helianthemum) and lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina).
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024
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A sensible east-west leather Coach bag in a pretty pastel pink colorway will be your go-to everyday carryall into the spring 2025 season.
—Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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Scoop up a pair in your choice of six fashionable shades: black, brown, burgundy, dark blue, gray, or pastel pink.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Eamon Ore-Giron’s paintings reimagined figures from ancient Andean folklore, such as the dragon Amaru and the great creator Viracocha’s double-headed rainbow, in the pastel shades and flat Corporate Memphis style of millennial-startup subway advertisements.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Some perspective: Even though Bryce Young improved significantly in the second half of the season as Carolina’s quarterback, his numbers and wins pale in comparison to what Darnold and Mayfield have done.Charlotte Observer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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Amid that schedule, coach Erik Spoelstra said ahead of Saturday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center that concerns about his team’s preparations pale in comparison to the fires that have burned communities to the ground and displaced tens of thousands.Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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The watercolor by painter Amy Park that Rickard sourced from art advisor Annie Wharton reinterprets select Ed Ruscha imagery of buildings on Sunset Boulevard.Jessica Ritz, Architectural Digest, 2 Jan. 2025
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As the Huntington does via its framing of watercolors by Constable and Howard, the Broad enforces a distinction between art (contemporary) and science (anthropology), and inadvertently suggests an intriguing possibility.Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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Cookbook collectors are well acquainted with the wisdom hidden on a faded page or scribbled on old recipe cards used for bookmarks.Rai Mincey, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Its faded and dusty mansions are spangled with Italian marble floors, Mudéjar ceilings, and the fanciest European furniture of the day, now wracked by termites.Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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His drawings show the tail positions and facial expressions wolves use to communicate with other pack members.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Both shows consist of drawings, photographs and sculptures, most of which were first conceived or produced in the 1970s and 1980s.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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While the lighter versions tend to pair well with most seafoods or lighter chicken dishes, the richest versions can stand up to sea bass, pork or veal.Tom Hyland, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Designed with the brand’s lightest level of compression, the styles were created to provide comfort, ease and support.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
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Her works are softly abstract; powdery colors form cloud-like shapes that might be superimposed with free-handed linear strokes in acrylic, gouache, oil stick, oil pastels, and graphite.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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In egg tempera and gold leaf on wood, Santiago with an Apostolic Man shows a figure at right-hand staring at the viewer.John Oseid, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Two works of egg tempera on calfskin from New York painter Altoon Sultan-Dark Corner (2021) and Lines and loop (2021), adorn the walls.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Bring your own artwork and supplies (acrylic, oil, or watercolor) to work with Alex and fellow artists.Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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The set is made of soft-spun acrylic and features a skin-friendly fuzzy lining.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Pastel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastel. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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