Soft shade
The crossword clue "Soft shade" is answered by PASTEL, a 6-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PASTEL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PASTEL answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PASTEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PASTEL, most used first.
- Soft hue - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Soft color - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Subdued color - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Subdued shade - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Delicate hue - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Light color - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Red shade - CERISE, used 31 times
- Shade of blue - COBALT, used 29 times
- Soft touch - CARESS, used 22 times
- Shade of red - CERISE, used 20 times
- Soft leathers - SUEDES, used 20 times
- Soft felt hat - FEDORA, used 18 times
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