For something unexpected, try out pastels in your next design. They can be soft, muted, clean—a nice way to warm up stark photography or give a website or app a friendlier feel.
From buildings coated with mint-green paint, to aquamarine oceans, these pastel-rich photographs are a great source for fresh color palette inspiration.
Photo by Emma Wood
Photo by Daniel Hundven Clements
Photo by Alberto Bevilacqua
Photo by Upyanose Photos
Photo by Robert E Smith
Photo by Neville Prosser
Photo by Marianne Taylor
Photo by John Greim
Photo by Alex Bruce
Photo by Eric Dufour
Photo by Isabelle Moore
Photo by David Ruiz
Photo by Gary Bowers
Photo by Rodger Shagam
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Avril Delaney is Chief Content Editor at ImageBrief, an online platform where creatives from the world's largest advertising agencies, brands and publishers license images direct from insanely talented photographers. Find more of her work on ImageBrief’s blog.
