This question was originally asked on SO.
I'm reproducing it here for future reference. Pastel colors have the property of high value and low saturation in the HSV color space. The colors of this family are usually described as soothing,soft, near neutral, milky, washed out, desaturated, and lacking strong chromatic content.
This question was originally asked on SO.
I'm reproducing it here for future reference. Pastel colors have the property of high value and low saturation in the HSV color space. The colors of this family are usually described as
soothing,soft,near neutral,milky,washed out,desaturated, and lacking strong chromatic content.