Pastel

Pastel colors:

Pros

-Gives a soft edge
-Can find cheap pastels
-Can blend color on paper
-water resistant(oil pastels)
-many different types

Cons

-Smudges
-hard to control
-Messy

different types of pastels:
oil pastels
chalk pastels
soft pastels
hard pastels

pastel also often refers to a paint palette made of lighter colors (shown above)