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The color of someone who just saw their bank statement.
means Light in shade, drained of color, or weak in intensity — whether describing skin, hue, or effort.
from From Latin pallidus, lacking color, the same root that gives us pallor and the ghostly pallid; a word that has always smelled faintly of fear and fading light.
Beyond the palePale once meant fenced boundary, not color.
Pale aleNamed for lighter malt, not weak flavor.
AstronomyEarth is Sagan's famous pale blue dot.