P A S T E L . . . colors in art

1921 wallpaper ... pastels are colors with white mixed in to soften them 

     

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the Marshmallow Sofa by George Nelson Associates,  1956

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a George Nelson cabinet       see full size

      

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a 1954 Pontiac hood ... pastels were popular in the 1950s,  and also the late 1970s to early 1980s

      

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Wikipedia:  Carmen Tórtola Valencia (June 18, 1882 – February 13, 1955) was a Spanish early modern dancer, choreographer, costume designer, and painter - a "pioneer Spanish feminist of the 20th century".  Being gay and having leftist ideas, Tórtola Valencia was jailed at the end of the Spanish Civil War.  In 1928, she met Magret Angeles-Vila and they were inseparable thereafter.  She danced for the last time in 1930 in Quito.  She began painting in Barcelona where she died in 1955.

      

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a Charles Bittinger illustration
      

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the 1951 Buick XP 300,  a promotional concept car       see full size
     

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a Denby pot,  1958

      

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a 1965 Forum magazine cover
         

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a 1958 Lone Star Meteor powerboat       see full size

      

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the 1900 Paris World's Fair ... black and white photographs were colored with dies for printing in books ... although contrast is already established in the colorless photograph,  pastels can be added without offsetting the balance

      

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a 1970s Emanuel Schongut watercolor illustration

     

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a 1957 BMW       see full size

     

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a 1968 wedding

      

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Quartz?

      

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for a copper color,  mix orange and pink pastels . . . then vary the lighting
for a metal effect
      

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a 1950s-1960s architectural sun screen

      

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a Brooks Stevens 1969 Phaeton concept car       see full size
         

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a Disney mural by Mary Blair

      

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a Frank Lloyd Wright graphic       see full size

      

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a 1986 BubbleGum Cooler   "Artificially Flavored Vanilla Ice Milk,  Coated with Bubble Gum Fudge Artificially Flavored and Colored"

      

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1959 Melawear egg cups       see full size

      

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Mookaite from the Earth

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a Grant Haffner painting       see full size
      

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a vintage Bobcat scooter       see full size
      

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Melamine:  vintage break-resistant plastic       see full size     
     

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cut Cuprian Tourmaline from the Earth
         

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tulips