Noun: paleness peyl-nus
- The quality or state of having blond hair or light complexion
"Her paleness was accentuated by the summer sun";
- blondness, fairness
- Unnatural lack of colour in the skin (as from bruising, sickness or emotional distress)
"The paleness of his face alarmed the doctor";
- lividness, lividity, luridness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
- Being deficient in colour
"The paleness of his complexion worried his friends";
- pallidity
Type of: color property [US], colour property [Brit, Cdn], complexion, skin color [US], skin colour [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Paleness