What are Pastel Colours?

 

Colours can highly influence our mood and also decipher your sentiments. Let’s take a journey into the world of pastel colours.

Pastel colours/shades are a part of the light color range, which have a high amount of white colour and low concentration of pure colours in them. These colours can be made by adding more of white to the dark (pure) colours. Generally, pure colours are colors that display an identical form on some element of apparent colour. In short, pastel colours are pure colours + white. 

If you are an art lover, than you can easily identify a “Monet” painting; it does not have hues of black/gray to it. Adding black or gray converts into a shade of that colour and it is no longer a pastel shade. You will find people selling light gray colour as pastel shade but it isn’t, it is all part of media marketing.

Pastels are popular!

Even though there is an absence of vibrancy, pastel colours look soothing and graceful. They are opposite to the usual overpowering shades of pure colours. Pastel colours bring peace to eyes and are almost 90% calmer, compared to other colours.

What are pastel colours used for?

Their delicate evenness and fine consistency are suitable for mixing and coating it with lots of other colours, to give some artistic impressions. Thin outlines can be done over the boundaries, but most people prefer using soft pencil or solid pastel colours for initial and specific work. These amazing colours are elusive and relate with lots of sentiments – warmth, passion, desire, pleasure, harmony and much more.

Pastels are ideal for?

As mentioned above, pastel colours relate to many emotions and things which are subtle and attractive. Nowadays, many brands have chosen pastel colours to suit their brand image and appeal their customers. 

We have listed out some of the products for which pastel colours have done wonders:

·       Home décor

·       Baby products

·       Bakery and chocolates

·       Skin and hair care

·       Events and weddings

·       Interior design

Commonly used pastel colours

·       Sage Green

·       Baby Pink

·       Mint Green

·       Baby Blue

·       Peach

·       Mauve

·       Whimsy Yellow

·       Lavender

When you talks about colors and shades to work with, one name that definitely rings the bell is “Camlin”. 

This brand has given us a range of pastel shades to play with and it comes in two variants –

Water Pastel – 12 shades

These are oil based and water soluble at the same time. Using these colours, you can create a watercolour painting from any pastel drawing.  Easy to use, blendable and can be mixed without creating a mess. You can easily use these colors on paintings, cardboard, ply, tiles etc. It can be removed effortlessly, if applied on skin, tiles or glass.

Oil Pastel – comes in 12, 20, 25, 30 and 50 shades

Ideal for quick sketches and painting. Even, when you use them on paper, they spread uniformly without blotting and smudging. These colours are CE certified and non-toxic which abides child safety standards.

Camlin has been a part of every childhood and it holds a special place. Talk about Camlin pencils and crayons which is till date used by toddlers and the school going kids. Camlin stationery box which is stacked up with Camlin pens to get through grilling exams and to add more, there are notebooks, geometry set, paints, colors, folders, markers etc. you see a complete range of stationery which is used at home, school and offices too.