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• pastel — [[t]pæ̱st(ə)l, AM pæste̱l[/t]] pastels 1) ADJ: ADJ n, ADJ colour Pastel colours are pale rather than dark or bright. ...delicate pastel shades. ...pastel pink, blue, peach and green. ...pretty pastel coloured houses. N COUNT Pastel is also a noun …   English dictionary

• pastel — pas|tel1 [ˈpæstl US pæˈstel] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Italian pastello, from Late Latin pasta; PASTE1] 1.) a) [U and C] a small coloured stick for drawing pictures with, made of a substance like ↑chalk b) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Pastel (disambiguation) — Pastel is an art material in the form of sticks, often consisting of pure pigment, the same pigment as used in producing all colored media.Pastel also refers to: *Pastel colors (or colours) *Pastel (Twinbee), a character from the video game,… …   Wikipedia

• pastel — (n.) 1660s, crayons, chalk like pigment used in crayons, from Fr. pastel crayon, from It. pastello a pastel, lit. material reduced to a paste, from L.L. pastellus dye from the leaves of the woad plant, dim. of pasta (see PASTA (Cf. pasta)).… …   Etymology dictionary

• pastel — pastel1 /pa stel /; esp. Brit. /pas tl/, n. 1. a color having a soft, subdued shade. 2. a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water. 3. a chalklike crayon made from such paste. 4. the art of drawing with …   Universalium

• pastel — I UK [ˈpæst(ə)l] / US [pæˈstel] adjective having a pale soft colour pastel shades/colours pastel pink II UK [ˈpæst(ə)l] / US [pæˈstel] noun Word forms pastel : singular pastel plural pastels 1) [countable] a pale soft colour We ve chosen muted… …   English dictionary

• Oil pastel — (also called wax oil crayon) is a painting and drawing medium with characteristics similar to pastels and wax crayons. Unlike soft or French pastel sticks, which are made with a gum or methyl cellulose binder, oil pastels consist of pigment mixed …   Wikipedia

• The Pastel Society — Edgar Degas The Pastel Society ist eine britische Künstlervereinigung von Malern, die mit Pastellfarben arbeiten. Sie gehört der Federation of British Artists (FBA) an und hat ihren Sitz in den Mall Galleries in London, wo auch die anderen der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours — am Piccadilly 1896 Das Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) ist eine Vereinigung von Malern, die mit Wasserfarben arbeiten, und eine der Gesellschaften der Federation of British Artists. Die Künstlervereinigung wurde 1831 als New… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours — The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, (and not to be confused with the Royal Watercolour Society), is one of the societies in the Federation of British Artists, based …   Wikipedia

• painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …   Universalium