Pastels or pastel colors belong to a
pale
Pale may refer to:
Jurisdictions
* Medieval areas of English conquest:
** Pale of Calais, in France (1360–1558)
** The Pale, or the English Pale, in Ireland
*Pale of Settlement, area of permitted Jewish settlement, western Russian Empire (179 ...
family of colors, which, when described in the
HSV color space, have high
value
Value or values may refer to:
Ethics and social
* Value (ethics) wherein said concept may be construed as treating actions themselves as abstract objects, associating value to them
** Values (Western philosophy) expands the notion of value beyo ...
and low
saturation.
They are named after an
artistic medium
Arts media is the material and tools used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art, for example, "pen and ink" where the pen is the tool and the ink is the material. Here is a list of types of art and the media used within tho ...
made from pigment and solid binding agents, similar to
crayons. Pastel sticks historically tended to have lower saturation than paints of the same pigment, hence the name of the color family.
The colors of this family are usually described as "soothing." Pastel colors are common in the
kawaii aesthetic.
Pink,
mauve, and
baby blue
Baby blue is a tint of azure, one of the pastel colors.
The first recorded use of ''baby blue'' as a color name in English was in 1892.
Variations of baby blue Beau blue
Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue. "Beau" means "beautiful" in Fr ...
are commonly used pastel colors, as well as
mint green
Spring green is a color that was traditionally considered to be on the yellow side of green, but in modern computer systems based on the RGB color model is halfway between cyan and green on the color wheel.
The modern spring green, when plott ...
,
peach,
periwinkle, and
lavender.
In fashion
A form of
goth
A Goth is a member of the Goths, a group of East Germanic tribes. Two major political entities of the Goths were:
*Visigoths, prominent in Spanish history
*Ostrogoths, prominent in Italian history
Goth or Goths may also refer to:
* Goth (surname) ...
style called ''pastel goth'' adds pastel colors to the usually monochrome palette of gothic fashion.
Examples
Gallery
File:Gaiety pastels.jpg, Gaiety pastels
File:Perles pastel.jpg, Pastel-colored beads
References
External links
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