Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we look at how to embrace pastel colors within your home.

When the designer and photographer Sallie Harrison moved from South Carolina to Los Angeles, the colors in her work started to shift. “I used to hate pastels,” says Harrison, who as a tomboy growing ...

Pastels are often the first color group to come to mind when thinking of spring colors, but in 2025, we're seeing warmer and more saturated tones come to the fore. Indeed, designers are swapping ...

Many people may think of pastels as a medium for kids in art class. But at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the "Touch of Color" exhibition celebrates the history of pastel from the ...

When William Truman Hosner is outside painting, he slips into a subconscious state. He is hypnotized by the work of capturing sunlight as it moves across a building or hillside, on the deepening ...

A craze for pastel wall paints is gripping fancy households, but they are not the saccharine tones common of baby nurseries. Here enters the dirty pastel palette, a spectrum that includes dusty rose, ...

When Easter approaches each spring, it’s hard to miss the burst of pastel decor and elaborately painted Easter eggs. Even if you’re not Christian or don’t observe the holiday religiously, you may ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, ARTNews may receive an affiliate commission. Soft pastels not only are more powdery than hard pastels but ...

Don't put away your pastels just yet. Just because autumn is right around the corner doesn't mean that wearing pastels in the fall is impossible, or that you need to ditch your lighter-colored pieces.