pastel

nouns

any of various pale or light colors
pastel
is a type of (narrower)
a color that has hue
chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

adjectives

lacking in body or vigor
"faded pastel charms of the naive music"
pastel
is similar to
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
"a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
delicate
delicate and pale in color
"pastel pink"
pastel
is similar to
(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
"light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"
light, light-colored