Is white color a pastel color?

This is purely a word game. Pastel has at least 2 meanings. One is an artists chalk. So white is a pastel color. But the other meaning is a pale color - a tint. And in fact there are many tints that are almost white but not completely white. read more

There are color tools in art termed “pastels” which are a powder-based media having low to medium color saturation. A pastel color is that which is produced from such a media, a low to intermediate color saturation. read more

White is not a pastel color. In order for a color to become a pastel, white (a tint) is added to a primary or secondary color. White is also considered to be the absence of all color. Semantics and color theory word games. read more