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pale
a pale colour is very light:
• He has very pale blue eyes. • a flower with pale green leaves
light
a light colour is not dark:
• His T-shirt was light green. • a light blue sweater
pastel
pastel colours have a lot of white in them:
• The girls wore pastel pink sundresses.
faded
light in colour because of being washed many times or affected by the sun:
• The curtains were old and faded. • a pair of faded jeans
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adj. VERBS appear, be, look, seem | become, go, grow, turn Ruth went pale as the news sank in. | remain ADV. deathly, extremely, sickly, terribly, very He turned deathly pale. | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly | strangely, unnaturally PHRASES pale and drawn He looked pale and drawn.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary