pastel

名词 pastel:

1. any of various pale or light colors

形容词 pastel:

1. lacking in body or vigor
2. delicate and pale in color

1. Pastel colours are restful to the eye.
   清淡柔和的颜色可以养目。
2. She works in (ie uses) pastels.
   她用彩色粉笔作画。

pas.tel

n.（名词）

A drawing medium of dried paste made of ground pigments and a water-based binder that is manufactured in crayon form.
粉蜡笔：一种干糊状的绘画材料，由彩色底料和水基胶粘土制成粉笔状
A crayon of this material.
彩色粉笔：由这种材料制成的粉笔

A picture or sketch drawn with this type of crayon.
粉蜡笔画：由这种粉笔绘制的图画或草图
The art or process of drawing with pastels.
蜡笔绘法，彩色粉笔画法：用彩色粉笔绘画的工艺或过程
A soft, delicate hue; a pale color:
浅淡的色调，柔和色：柔和而悦目的色彩；淡色：
例句：
a room done all in pastels.
淡色调的房间

A sketchy or brief prose work.
随笔：粗略的或简短的散文作品
adj.（形容词）
Of, relating to, or made of pastel.
粉蜡笔的：属于、关于粉蜡笔的，或用粉蜡笔制作的
Pale and soft in color.
色彩浅而柔和的

来源：
French
法语
from Italian pastello [material made into a paste]
源自 意大利语 pastello [制浆糊的原料]
from Late Latin pastellus [woad dye] [diminutive of] pasta [paste] * see paste
源自 后期拉丁语 pastellus [植物靛青染料] [] pasta的小后缀 [浆糊] *参见 paste

【引伸】
pastel.ist 或
pastel.list
n.（名词）