93 Color names for "Pastel Shades"

In Western culture, pastel pink is used to symbolize baby girls just as baby blue is often used to symbolize baby boys.

Pastel yellow can be described as a light greenish-yellow and is mentioned as a shade of yellow on Wikipedia.

Bisque is a light, warm shade of orange with a slight pink tint, reminiscent of baked goods. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

In 2001, parchment was made into one of the colors on the Xona.com color list.

Powder blue is a pale shade of blue. As with most colours, there is no absolute definition of its exact hue. Originally, powder blue, in the 1650s, was powdered smalt (cobalt glass) used in laundering and dyeing applications, and it then came to be used as a colour name from 1894. Powder blue was also used as a colour name in English in 1774, but the exact colour is unclear: it may be a blue-grey or a dark unsaturated blue.

Lusty gallant is a colour that originated in 16th century Elizabethan England. Named after a popular Tudor dance (which in turn came from a ballad), it is a shade of light pink. The connection between the colour and dance is unknown. However, Lusty gallant's name is said to have come from the practice of dressmakers attempting to catch consumer's attention with eccentric colour names. It proved effective and Lusty gallant became a popular choice for dresses. The oldest surviving mention of the colour is William Harrison's 1577 book The Description of England, in which he describes it as a hue "devised to please fantastical heads".

Cameo pink is a medium light tone of rose pink. The first recorded use of cameo pink as a color name in English was in 1912.

Moccasin is a warm, light tan color that resembles the color of traditional moccasins. It was added to the X11 color system in 1999.

Mimi Pink is a very pale shade of purplish pink.

The color dark pastel green is a vivid, medium shade of green.

The color known as "powder blue" in Crayola crayons was introduced in 2022 for the Colors of Kindness set.

Cosmic latte is the average color of the universe, found by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In 2002, Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry determined that the average color of the universe was a greenish white, but they soon corrected their analysis in a 2003 paper in which they reported that their survey of the light from over 200,000 galaxies averaged to a slightly beigeish white. The hex triplet value for cosmic latte is #FFF8E7.

Old lace is a web color that is a very pale yellowish orange that resembles the color of an old lace tablecloth. It is one of the original X11 colors. Old lace is used as a color of a certain kind of Caucasian skin type in art.

Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue. "Beau" means "beautiful" in French. The source of this color is the color that is called beau blue in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

The color piggy pink is a representation of the color of a pink pig. The color piggy pink was formulated by Crayola in 1998. The color was originally called pig pink, but later the name was changed to "piggy pink".

A light orange color was formulated for Crayola colored pencils.

Seashell is an off-white color that resembles some of the very pale pinkish tones that are common in many seashells. The first recorded use of seashell as a color name in English was in 1926. In 1987, "seashell" was included as one of the X11 colors.

In a press release, Pantone declared the pale hue of cerulean, shown in the color box here, as the 'Color of the Millennium.' This specific shade comes from the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list and is identified as Cerulean with the code #15-4020 TPX.

Fairy Tale is a pale and soft purplish pink color resembling typical fairy outfits in fiction. It is similar to orchid pink but slightly paler and more purple-toned. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #13-2802 TCX—Fairy Tale.

Cool gray is a medium light color gray mixed with the color blue. Another name for this color is gray-blue. This color is a dull shade of blue-gray.

The color pink lace is a very pale purplish pink. The color name pink lace for this pale tone of rose pink has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List. This color is suggestive of the color of some women's lingerie.

The color eggshell is meant as a representation of the average color of a chicken egg. In interior design, the color eggshell is commonly used when one desires a pale, warm, neutral, off-white color.

Queen pink is a pale shade of pink that first came into use in 1948. This color is sourced from the Plochere Color System, which was formulated in 1948 and is widely used by interior designers.

The first recorded use of champagne as a color name in English was in 1915.

There is no evidence that 'floral white' name was in use before the X11 color names were formulated in 1987.

Antique white is a web color. The color name antique white began to be used in 1987 when the X11 colors were first formulated.

The color Khaki Green is shown, sometimes referred to simply as Khaki in Commonwealth countries. It is more commonly known as Olive Green or Olive Drab.

Baby blue eyes is a rich tone of baby blue. The source of this color is the color that is called baby blue eyes in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Non-photo blue (or non-repro blue) is a common tool in the graphic design and print industry, being a particular shade of blue that cannot be detected by graphic arts camera film. This allows layout editors to write notes to the printer on the print flat (the image that is to be photographed and sent to print) which will not show in the final form. It also allows artists to lay down sketch lines without the need to erase after inking.

Soap is a color formulated by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in its Magic Scent specialty box of colors. This color is a representation of soap scented with lavender, one of the most popular scents for soap.

The color ash gray is a representation of the color of ash. The first recorded use of ash gray as a color name in English was in 1374.

The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.

The color name vanilla ice for this pinkish tone of vanilla has been in use at least since 2001, when it was one of the colors on the Resene color list.

In the X11 color system which became a standard for early web colors, azure is depicted as a pale cyan or whitish cyan rather than a shade of azure. In an artistic context, this color could also be called azure mist or cyan mist.

The medium tone of "champagne" is the color referred to as champagne in the Dictionary of Color Names (1955), listed as color sample #89.

Sea Foam Green is a Crayola color which was introduced in 2001. It is soft, pastel shade of green, often referred to as Pale Spring Green.

Morning sky, also known as Morning blue is a representation of the color of the morning sky. The year of the first recorded use of morning blue as a color name in English is unknown.

Light yellow is a web color that can be described as pale yellow-green. It is mentioned on Wikipedia as one of the yellow tints.

This Crayola colour was formulated in 2003. It is intended to represent the colour of the sky on a cloudy, stormy day.

Displayed here is the color pale aqua which can be described as very pale blue.

Ivory is an off-white color named after, and derived from, the material made from the tusks and teeth of certain animals, such as the elephant and the walrus. It has a very slight tint of yellow. The color is often associated with purity and elegance. In Western culture, it is also associated with weddings and other formal occasions. In Eastern cultures, ivory has been used for centuries in the creation of decorative objects and religious artifacts, such as Buddha statues and other sculptures. The cultural acceptance of the use of ivory as a material has declined over time, with the practice being outlawed in much of the world. The first recorded use of ivory as a color name in English was in 1385. The color "ivory" was included as one of the X11 colors when they were formulated in 1987.

Alabaster has been used as a color in English since at least 1594 (in Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece), but the origin of the RGB coordinates is not known.

The web color light cyan is a very pale green shade of cyan.

Pale Dogwood is a beige-tinted shade of pink. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #13-1404 TCX—Pale Dogwood.

The first recorded use of Tuscany as a color name in English was in 1922. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-1219 TPX—Tuscany.

The color Celeste is a sky bluish turquoise.

Beige is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color, a grayish tan,a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow. It takes its name from French, where the word originally meant natural wool that has been neither bleached nor dyed, hence also the color of natural wool. It has come to be used to describe a variety of light tints chosen for their neutral or pale warm appearance. Beige began to commonly be used as a term for a color in France beginning approximately 1855–60; the writer Edmond de Goncourt used it in the novel La Fille Elisacode in 1877. The first recorded use of beige as a color name in English was in 1887.

Pale purple is the pale tint of purple.

Thistle is a light purple resembling the thistle plant. The first recorded use of Thistle as a color name in English was in 1892. The color thistle is associated with Scotland because the thistle is the national flower of Scotland and Scotland's highest state decoration is the Order of the Thistle.

Wheat is a color that resembles the light yellow of the wheat grain. The first recorded use of wheat as a color name in English was in 1711. Wheat is one of the X11 web colors.