The Clue
Lacking color (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PALE
Tags
Notes
The answer PALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Achromous
Ashen
Blanch
Blanched
Colorless
Faint
Pasty
Picket
Stake
Untanned
Wan
Whitish
Adjective for pastels
Far from ruddy
Fence picket
Lighten up?
Like pastels
Not vivid
Show fear
Soft-colored
Wane or wan
Washed out
Far from apple-cheeked
Like Death's horse
Like Eastwood's "Rider"
Like some ales
Like some imitations
Needing some sun
New at the beach, maybe
Non-Indian's face
Not too bright
Part of a picket fence
Definition
PALE as a noun:
1. (picket, pale) = a wooden strip forming part of a fence
PALE as a verb:
1. (pale, blanch, blench) = turn pale, as if in fear
PALE as an adjective:
1. very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
2. (pale, pallid, wan, sick) = (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
3. (pale, pallid) = lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
4. (pale, pallid, wan) = abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
5. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"