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pastellic en · ADJ

Etymology

From pastel + -ic.

Meanings

1. (rare) Characteristic of pastels.
   • 1990, Joseph Gaynor, SPSE - the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Hard copy and printing materials, media, and processes Because of the unattractive colors of ordinary magnetic pigments it is possible to produce only dull, pastellic color toners, which were not very successful in the market.
   • Two other children play about her, and alongside the husband's strong, vigorous figure wrestles with his refractory horse. This decoration, purely pastellic in impression, is so soft and plastic that the clear colour seems ready to come off […] 1904, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 33, page 150:

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