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Pastel photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A pastel photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Gentle tints, rounded shapes and a calm, friendly tone. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Pastel photo widget design preview: Gentle tints, rounded shapes and a calm, friendly tone. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a pastel photo widget shows

A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.

You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.

How the pastel style shapes it

Pastel widgets use pale pink, mint, lilac and butter yellow with very round corners and soft type. They feel light and friendly and work well for moods, music and small daily notes.

Photos: Round photo corners generously and add a pale border in a matching tint.
Text: Use a rounded sans in a dark cocoa tone instead of black so it stays soft.

Pastel photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #FCE8E6, corner radius 30, soft shadow radius 12 at low opacity
Layout	caption on the left, photo on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 22, crop to fill
Text	place label, size 12, color #9A8790
Text	caption in two lines, Nunito, size 24, color #4A3F45
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #F49AB0
Text	date, size 12, color #9A8790
Font	Nunito (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Pastel color palette

Blush #FCE8E6Background
Rose milk #F7D6D9Surface and tracks
Cocoa #4A3F45Text
Mauve grey #9A8790Labels
Candy pink #F49AB0Accent

How to make a pastel photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #FCE8E6 and the corner radius to 30.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 22. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #4A3F45 using Nunito.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #9A8790, with a short rule in #F49AB0 between them.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for pastel photo widgets

Use corner radius of 28 or more.
Choose text in dark brown or plum, not pure black.
Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
Do not use more than three tints in one widget.
Do not use thin hairlines; they look harsh here.

Ready-made Soft Pastel templates

WidgetCraft includes a Soft Pastel template pack you can import and edit instead of starting from a blank canvas.

A mood moment

A mood moment9 editable layers

A thought to keep

A thought to keep12 editable layers

Little listening room

Little listening room18 editable layers

Questions about the pastel photo widget

What size is a pastel photo widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Blush (#FCE8E6) for the background, Cocoa (#4A3F45) for the main text, Mauve grey (#9A8790) for labels and Candy pink (#F49AB0) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the pastel styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for soft pastel photo widget, soft photo widget, pastel aesthetic photo widget. They describe the same look as this pastel photo widget.

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