pasteln.¹

Brit.

/ˈpastl/, U.S.

/pæsˈtɛl/

Forms: 1500s pastall, 1500s– pastel, 1600s pastell.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pastel.

Etymology: < Middle French pastel woad (1393; French pastel ) < Occitan pastèl (13th–14th cent. in Old Occitan as pastel ) < pasta paste n. + -el -el suffix², so called because the plant was pounded to a paste which could then be used for dyeing. Compare Catalan pastell (1249), post-classical Latin pastellum (from 1332), Spanish pastel (1421 or earlier; < Catalan or Occitan), Italian pastello (16th cent.; now rare).

Now historical.

Blue dye obtained from the plant woad, Isatis tinctoria. Also: the plant itself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > woad

woadeOE

ash of Jerusalem1548

glastum?c1550

pastel1578

straw woad1612

dyer's woad1860

dyer's weed1866

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs

pastel1578

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xlvi. 66 This herbe is called..in English Woad, or Pastel: in French Guesde or Pastel: in Spanish also Pastel: in Italian Guado.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Charáccia, woad or Pastell for Dyers.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pastel, otherwise called Woad... It is of great use among the Dyers.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 13 Indigo, when mixed with pastel,..rendered the colours..more lasting.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 382 Thus prepared, pastel has a yellow or greenish-yellow colour.

1846 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 320/1 Woad or pastel.

1931 J. W. Thompson Econ. & Soc. Hist. Europe Later Middle Ages ii. 68 Plants for dying, like pastel and madder.

1991 F. Aftalion Hist. Internat. Chem. Industry iii. 35 Since the seventeenth century the blue pastel from Provence, obtained from woad, and indigo..were used to make blue dyes.

Compounds

† pastel-vat n. Dyeing Obsolete a vat containing pastel, indigo, and certain other dyes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used

litting-lead1485–6

vat1548

battery1737

deviling1737

winch1740

shaker1791

pastel-vat1838

wince1839

wincing-machine1839

tin-vat1865

jigger1893

jig1942

the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > liquid in vat

floata1500

vat1755

bath1791

white bath1791

pastel-vat1838

swimming-tub1839

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 382 To prepare the pastel vat, 4 parts of indigo, 50 parts of pastel, 2 parts of madder, and 2 parts of potash are employed.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1636/1 Pastel,..woad. It gives its name to the vat in which pastel and indigo are used, the pastel-vat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pasteln.²adj.

Brit.

/ˈpastl/, U.S.

/pæsˈtɛl/

Forms: 1600s pastill, 1600s– pastil (now rare), 1700s 1900s– pastelle (irregular), 1800s– pastel, 1900s– pastille (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian pastello.

Etymology: < Italian pastello crayon made of pigment paste (a1571), art of drawing with pastels (a1600 or earlier), drawing made in pastel (1721), either extended use of pastello little cake (14th–15th cent.: see pastler n.), or < pasta paste n. + -ello -ello suffix. Compare ( < Italian) French pastel crayon made of pigment paste (1676), drawing made in pastel (1694).The adjective use is not paralleled in French and Italian until later. The forms show considerable overlap with pastille n.

A. n.²

1. A thick paste made from finely ground pigments mixed with a solution of gum arabic in water; a crayon made of this, used for sketching or colouring. in pastel: drawn with a pastel or pastels (cf. in crayon at crayon n. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > chalk or crayon

chalk1481

pastel1612

crayonc1660

Conté1852

black chalk1854

sanguine1854

sumi1889

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [adverb] > drawn in specific manner or medium

lineally1607

in crayon1663

in outline1815

by free-hand1860

in pastel1866

free-hand1880

1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise 17 To draw with drie colours, you may make long pastils, which you shall doe by grinding red lead, or any other colour with strong wort.

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 107 Rubbing in the shades with Pastills and dry Compositions.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pastil,..a Sort of Paste, made of several Colours, ground up with Gum-Water, either together or separately; in order to make Crayons to paint with on Paper or Parchment.

1735 Dict. Polygraph. (at cited word) Also the crayons themselves, are call'd pastils.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 316 Coloured crayons, or pastels, are made by the mixture of colour with a colourless base.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 20 Portraits in pastel of pearly-skinned ladies with hair-powder.

1916 A. E. Krows Play Production in Amer. (1924) xvii. 140 The model..is..sometimes drawn in pastel.

1990 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. May 24/2 You simply take the box of say blue-green pastels and apply them as one colour.

a. A drawing made in pastel. Also: the art of drawing with pastels.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > in specific medium

coal work1651

crayon1662

pastel1791

pencilling1803

pen sketch1847

pen-picture1853

sanguine1854

pen and ink1860

black lead study1862

sepia1863

stylograph1866

charcoal1884

fusain1884

line drawing1891

celluloid1920

1791 N.Y. Daily Gaz. 6 June (advt.) He carries on the business of a Limner in all its parts, particularly crayon, pastelle and miniature likeness.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxv. 236 What awfully bad pastels there were on the walls!

1882 P. G. Hamerton Graphic Arts xviii. 152 The principle of pastel is that the colours, when on the paper, are in a state of dry powder, most of which is slightly adherent.

1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 154 Two charming portraits,..two pastels standing in all the piquant incompleteness of a rapid reality.

1917 S. Leacock Frenzied Fiction viii. 137 A magnificent half-tone pastel of himself was suspended on a string from the ceiling.

1979 C. Hayes Compl. Guide Painting & Drawing Techn. x. 146 Chalk can be used to produce a preliminary key drawing..to be developed later into a pastel.

1988 M. Moorcock Mother London i. 15 On the eggshell walls hang more pastels of the seaside.

b. A literary sketch, esp. one of a superficial nature (with allusion to the subdued and impressionistic nature of a drawing in pastels).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > short sketch or description

portraiture1650

word picture1835

cameo1851

thumbnail sketch1852

vignette1880

pastel1890

1890 S. Merrill (title) Pastels in prose.

1893 Critic (N.Y.) 22 Apr. 249/1 The French pastel is really a little study (without a very definite beginning or end) of a trifling topic which lacks complexity.

1935 G. C. Knight James Lane Allen & Genteel Trad. v. 159 It must have caused at least a few of the critically minded to wish that he would..venture rarely, if ever, from the short tale or sketch or prose pastel.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 338/2 The first paper is a pastel in French prose on the psychopathology of visual anomalies.

1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Dec. x6 About half the stories are pastels in prose, saccharine bits of wispy fluff.

3. A pale or subdued shade of a colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > softness

mellowness1884

pastel1899

1899 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 3/1 A gown in the new pale blue we call pastel.

1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 678/1 Gloves..washable suède, light grey, pastelle, or white.

1955 Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 681/2 Pearlized and luster leathers were extremely important in women's shoes and colours ranged all the way from pastels to black.

1962 A. MacLean Satan Bug i. 7 The distempered walls were of that delicate tint of off-gray pastel.

1990 Quilting Today Oct.–Nov. 17 Fabrics range from violent reds and blacks depicting the harshness of prairie life to the pastels of the wedding quilt.

B. adj.

1. Designating a soft or subdued shade of a colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > soft

tender?a1513

soft1672

delicate1675

mellow1706

mellowy1816

serene1846

etherean1881

mellowed1889

muted1897

pastel1899

pastel1914

sedate1924

1899 Daily News 4 Nov. 7/6 Pastel blue or pink, hydrangea blue or pastel green.

1966 R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide Birds N.Z. 60 Australian Gannet... Mainly white, crown and nape pastel yellow.

1976 Star (Sheffield) 26 Nov. 24 (advt.) 1976 (P) Cavalier 1600 L 4-door. In pastel beige.

2000 Holiday & Leisure Spring 130/3 A pastel pink and powder blue painted place.

2. Subdued in colour; consisting of soft colours.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > soft

tender?a1513

soft1672

delicate1675

mellow1706

mellowy1816

serene1846

etherean1881

mellowed1889

muted1897

pastel1899

pastel1914

sedate1924

1914 C. Gouldburn From Outposts 81 Bush and valley and hill, And a pastel sky.

1938 Amer. Home June 29/1 Pastel walls, dainty tie-back curtains and wall brackets with coral figurines make a feminine kitchen.

1974 J. van der Zee Greatest Men's Party on Earth vii. 81 Men in pull-overs, expensive sport shirts, walking shorts, pastel slacks.

2002 J. Thompson Wide Blue Yonder i. 59 He was most at home here, in the little pastel houses and tiendas.

Compounds

C1.

pastel box n.

ΚΠ

1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 Feb. 3/1 The strongest hues of the pastel-box.

2001 Amer. Artist (Nexis) 65 42 He organizes his pastel box by color groups, then by values.

pastel painter n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer > in specific manner or medium

pastel painter1853

cross-hatcher1870

pastellist1881

crayonist1884

1853 A. Houssaye Philosophers & Actresses 323 The advice of the pastel-painter was followed.

1992 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. Oct. 41/2 Fabriano manufacture high quality pads of paper for watercolourists, pastel painters and design artists.

pastel painting n.

ΚΠ

1852 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 146 In genre-painting, France has long been considered unequalled;..and in pastel-painting, she stands alone.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 316 There is no satisfactory method of ‘fixing’ pastel paintings.

1991 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. Oct. 28 I find oil pastels very useful when working in the studio on layouts or design roughs, for either oil or soft pastel paintings.

pastel picture n.

ΚΠ

1860 Harper's Mag. Mar. 498/1 Standing before a little pastel picture of the child,..she grew..motionless.

2003 Boston Globe (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Mag.) 24 Page after page of pedantic, stilted text broken up only by strange typefaces and schmaltzy pastel pictures.

C2.

pastel-coloured adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > softly coloured

under-coloured1777

demi-tinted1828

pastel-tinted1922

pastel-coloured1932

1932 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 4/4 Pearls are to be worn even more than usual this season. The reason is the vogue for pastel coloured gowns.

1991 D. Lodge Paradise News i. i. 8 Two youngish women in pastel-coloured jogging suits are hovering in the background.

pastel-shaded adj.

ΚΠ

1939 E. Fergusson Venezuela vi. 75 Its pastel-shaded walls are well over a hundred years old.

1991 Harpers & Queen Oct. 15 The old style Mallorcan houses, with their pastel-shaded façades.

pastel-tinted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > softly coloured

under-coloured1777

demi-tinted1828

pastel-tinted1922

pastel-coloured1932

1922 H. Crane Let. 2 Mar. (1965) 80 Delicate pastel tinted flowers.

1994 J. Updike Brazil x. 76 Isabel only smoked at the university or when Uncle Donaciano visited, with his English cigarettes in their tempting pastel-tinted papers.

Derivatives

† pastelleteer n. [ < pastel n.² + -eteer (in pamphleteer n.)] Obsolete a writer of literary pastels.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > short sketch or description > writer of

sketchist1837

pastelleteer1893

1893 Critic (N.Y.) 22 Apr. 249/1 [He] has given to Arcadia..a neat parody-burlesque of the pastel... He calls it Ollendorfian; and the ‘pastelleteer’ the seeker after ‘odd similitudes’.

ˈpastel-like adj.

ΚΠ

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Oct. 2/3 His ‘Leisure Hour’ is very decorative and pastel-like.

1909 F. Thompson Shelley 22 The frail pastel-like bloom.

1997 Managem. Sci. 43 1388/1 High value colors have a ‘whitish’ quality to them, as if the color white was mixed into them, making high value colors pastel-like in appearance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pastel
释义	pasteln.¹ Brit. /ˈpastl/, U.S. /pæsˈtɛl/ Forms: 1500s pastall, 1500s– pastel, 1600s pastell. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pastel. Etymology: < Middle French pastel woad (1393; French pastel ) < Occitan pastèl (13th–14th cent. in Old Occitan as pastel ) < pasta paste n. + -el -el suffix², so called because the plant was pounded to a paste which could then be used for dyeing. Compare Catalan pastell (1249), post-classical Latin pastellum (from 1332), Spanish pastel (1421 or earlier; < Catalan or Occitan), Italian pastello (16th cent.; now rare). Now historical. Blue dye obtained from the plant woad, Isatis tinctoria. Also: the plant itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > woad woadeOE ash of Jerusalem1548 glastum?c1550 pastel1578 straw woad1612 dyer's woad1860 dyer's weed1866 the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs pastel1578 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xlvi. 66 This herbe is called..in English Woad, or Pastel: in French Guesde or Pastel: in Spanish also Pastel: in Italian Guado. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Charáccia, woad or Pastell for Dyers. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pastel, otherwise called Woad... It is of great use among the Dyers. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 13 Indigo, when mixed with pastel,..rendered the colours..more lasting. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 382 Thus prepared, pastel has a yellow or greenish-yellow colour. 1846 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 320/1 Woad or pastel. 1931 J. W. Thompson Econ. & Soc. Hist. Europe Later Middle Ages ii. 68 Plants for dying, like pastel and madder. 1991 F. Aftalion Hist. Internat. Chem. Industry iii. 35 Since the seventeenth century the blue pastel from Provence, obtained from woad, and indigo..were used to make blue dyes. Compounds † pastel-vat n. Dyeing Obsolete a vat containing pastel, indigo, and certain other dyes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used litting-lead1485–6 vat1548 battery1737 deviling1737 winch1740 shaker1791 pastel-vat1838 wince1839 wincing-machine1839 tin-vat1865 jigger1893 jig1942 the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > liquid in vat floata1500 vat1755 bath1791 white bath1791 pastel-vat1838 swimming-tub1839 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 382 To prepare the pastel vat, 4 parts of indigo, 50 parts of pastel, 2 parts of madder, and 2 parts of potash are employed. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1636/1 Pastel,..woad. It gives its name to the vat in which pastel and indigo are used, the pastel-vat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pasteln.²adj. Brit. /ˈpastl/, U.S. /pæsˈtɛl/ Forms: 1600s pastill, 1600s– pastil (now rare), 1700s 1900s– pastelle (irregular), 1800s– pastel, 1900s– pastille (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian pastello. Etymology: < Italian pastello crayon made of pigment paste (a1571), art of drawing with pastels (a1600 or earlier), drawing made in pastel (1721), either extended use of pastello little cake (14th–15th cent.: see pastler n.), or < pasta paste n. + -ello -ello suffix. Compare ( < Italian) French pastel crayon made of pigment paste (1676), drawing made in pastel (1694).The adjective use is not paralleled in French and Italian until later. The forms show considerable overlap with pastille n. A. n.² 1. A thick paste made from finely ground pigments mixed with a solution of gum arabic in water; a crayon made of this, used for sketching or colouring. in pastel: drawn with a pastel or pastels (cf. in crayon at crayon n. 1b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > chalk or crayon chalk1481 pastel1612 crayonc1660 Conté1852 black chalk1854 sanguine1854 sumi1889 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [adverb] > drawn in specific manner or medium lineally1607 in crayon1663 in outline1815 by free-hand1860 in pastel1866 free-hand1880 1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise 17 To draw with drie colours, you may make long pastils, which you shall doe by grinding red lead, or any other colour with strong wort. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 107 Rubbing in the shades with Pastills and dry Compositions. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pastil,..a Sort of Paste, made of several Colours, ground up with Gum-Water, either together or separately; in order to make Crayons to paint with on Paper or Parchment. 1735 Dict. Polygraph. (at cited word) Also the crayons themselves, are call'd pastils. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 316 Coloured crayons, or pastels, are made by the mixture of colour with a colourless base. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 20 Portraits in pastel of pearly-skinned ladies with hair-powder. 1916 A. E. Krows Play Production in Amer. (1924) xvii. 140 The model..is..sometimes drawn in pastel. 1990 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. May 24/2 You simply take the box of say blue-green pastels and apply them as one colour. 2. a. A drawing made in pastel. Also: the art of drawing with pastels. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > in specific medium coal work1651 crayon1662 pastel1791 pencilling1803 pen sketch1847 pen-picture1853 sanguine1854 pen and ink1860 black lead study1862 sepia1863 stylograph1866 charcoal1884 fusain1884 line drawing1891 celluloid1920 1791 N.Y. Daily Gaz. 6 June (advt.) He carries on the business of a Limner in all its parts, particularly crayon, pastelle and miniature likeness. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxv. 236 What awfully bad pastels there were on the walls! 1882 P. G. Hamerton Graphic Arts xviii. 152 The principle of pastel is that the colours, when on the paper, are in a state of dry powder, most of which is slightly adherent. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 154 Two charming portraits,..two pastels standing in all the piquant incompleteness of a rapid reality. 1917 S. Leacock Frenzied Fiction viii. 137 A magnificent half-tone pastel of himself was suspended on a string from the ceiling. 1979 C. Hayes Compl. Guide Painting & Drawing Techn. x. 146 Chalk can be used to produce a preliminary key drawing..to be developed later into a pastel. 1988 M. Moorcock Mother London i. 15 On the eggshell walls hang more pastels of the seaside. b. A literary sketch, esp. one of a superficial nature (with allusion to the subdued and impressionistic nature of a drawing in pastels). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > short sketch or description portraiture1650 word picture1835 cameo1851 thumbnail sketch1852 vignette1880 pastel1890 1890 S. Merrill (title) Pastels in prose. 1893 Critic (N.Y.) 22 Apr. 249/1 The French pastel is really a little study (without a very definite beginning or end) of a trifling topic which lacks complexity. 1935 G. C. Knight James Lane Allen & Genteel Trad. v. 159 It must have caused at least a few of the critically minded to wish that he would..venture rarely, if ever, from the short tale or sketch or prose pastel. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 338/2 The first paper is a pastel in French prose on the psychopathology of visual anomalies. 1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Dec. x6 About half the stories are pastels in prose, saccharine bits of wispy fluff. 3. A pale or subdued shade of a colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > softness mellowness1884 pastel1899 1899 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 3/1 A gown in the new pale blue we call pastel. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 678/1 Gloves..washable suède, light grey, pastelle, or white. 1955 Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 681/2 Pearlized and luster leathers were extremely important in women's shoes and colours ranged all the way from pastels to black. 1962 A. MacLean Satan Bug i. 7 The distempered walls were of that delicate tint of off-gray pastel. 1990 Quilting Today Oct.–Nov. 17 Fabrics range from violent reds and blacks depicting the harshness of prairie life to the pastels of the wedding quilt. B. adj. 1. Designating a soft or subdued shade of a colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > soft tender?a1513 soft1672 delicate1675 mellow1706 mellowy1816 serene1846 etherean1881 mellowed1889 muted1897 pastel1899 pastel1914 sedate1924 1899 Daily News 4 Nov. 7/6 Pastel blue or pink, hydrangea blue or pastel green. 1966 R. A. Falla et al. Field Guide Birds N.Z. 60 Australian Gannet... Mainly white, crown and nape pastel yellow. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 26 Nov. 24 (advt.) 1976 (P) Cavalier 1600 L 4-door. In pastel beige. 2000 Holiday & Leisure Spring 130/3 A pastel pink and powder blue painted place. 2. Subdued in colour; consisting of soft colours. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > soft tender?a1513 soft1672 delicate1675 mellow1706 mellowy1816 serene1846 etherean1881 mellowed1889 muted1897 pastel1899 pastel1914 sedate1924 1914 C. Gouldburn From Outposts 81 Bush and valley and hill, And a pastel sky. 1938 Amer. Home June 29/1 Pastel walls, dainty tie-back curtains and wall brackets with coral figurines make a feminine kitchen. 1974 J. van der Zee Greatest Men's Party on Earth vii. 81 Men in pull-overs, expensive sport shirts, walking shorts, pastel slacks. 2002 J. Thompson Wide Blue Yonder i. 59 He was most at home here, in the little pastel houses and tiendas. Compounds C1. pastel box n. ΚΠ 1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 Feb. 3/1 The strongest hues of the pastel-box. 2001 Amer. Artist (Nexis) 65 42 He organizes his pastel box by color groups, then by values. pastel painter n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer > in specific manner or medium pastel painter1853 cross-hatcher1870 pastellist1881 crayonist1884 1853 A. Houssaye Philosophers & Actresses 323 The advice of the pastel-painter was followed. 1992 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. Oct. 41/2 Fabriano manufacture high quality pads of paper for watercolourists, pastel painters and design artists. pastel painting n. ΚΠ 1852 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 146 In genre-painting, France has long been considered unequalled;..and in pastel-painting, she stands alone. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 316 There is no satisfactory method of ‘fixing’ pastel paintings. 1991 Artist's & Illustrator's Mag. Oct. 28 I find oil pastels very useful when working in the studio on layouts or design roughs, for either oil or soft pastel paintings. pastel picture n. ΚΠ 1860 Harper's Mag. Mar. 498/1 Standing before a little pastel picture of the child,..she grew..motionless. 2003 Boston Globe (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Mag.) 24 Page after page of pedantic, stilted text broken up only by strange typefaces and schmaltzy pastel pictures. C2. pastel-coloured adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > softly coloured under-coloured1777 demi-tinted1828 pastel-tinted1922 pastel-coloured1932 1932 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 4/4 Pearls are to be worn even more than usual this season. The reason is the vogue for pastel coloured gowns. 1991 D. Lodge Paradise News i. i. 8 Two youngish women in pastel-coloured jogging suits are hovering in the background. pastel-shaded adj. ΚΠ 1939 E. Fergusson Venezuela vi. 75 Its pastel-shaded walls are well over a hundred years old. 1991 Harpers & Queen Oct. 15 The old style Mallorcan houses, with their pastel-shaded façades. pastel-tinted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > softly coloured under-coloured1777 demi-tinted1828 pastel-tinted1922 pastel-coloured1932 1922 H. Crane Let. 2 Mar. (1965) 80 Delicate pastel tinted flowers. 1994 J. Updike Brazil x. 76 Isabel only smoked at the university or when Uncle Donaciano visited, with his English cigarettes in their tempting pastel-tinted papers. Derivatives † pastelleteer n. [ < pastel n.² + -eteer (in pamphleteer n.)] Obsolete a writer of literary pastels.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > short sketch or description > writer of sketchist1837 pastelleteer1893 1893 Critic (N.Y.) 22 Apr. 249/1 [He] has given to Arcadia..a neat parody-burlesque of the pastel... He calls it Ollendorfian; and the ‘pastelleteer’ the seeker after ‘odd similitudes’. ˈpastel-like adj. ΚΠ 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Oct. 2/3 His ‘Leisure Hour’ is very decorative and pastel-like. 1909 F. Thompson Shelley 22 The frail pastel-like bloom. 1997 Managem. Sci. 43 1388/1 High value colors have a ‘whitish’ quality to them, as if the color white was mixed into them, making high value colors pastel-like in appearance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1578n.²adj.1612
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