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Five ways you can style pastel tones

How to style pastel tones (Photo: iStock)

Pastel colours are basically toned-down versions of bright colours. For comparison, take violet versus lilac or even hot pink versus baby pink. Get it?

With pastel colours, you feel this calm and peaceful energy and that is why you often see colors like light baby blue and muted grey in nurseries. The same calmness can be felt when we wear clothes that have pastel hues since they look more delicate and feminine.

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