- a pale rendition of the aria.
- a pale sun.
- a pallid performance.
- a pallid sky.
- her wan face suddenly flushed.
- high, pale, pure and lovely song.
- pale blue eyes.
- pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender.
- pale seagreen.
- the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street.
- the pale (or wan) stars.
- the pale light of a half moon.
- the pallid face of the invalid.
- the wan light of dawn.