At serious risk of sunburn, maybe (4)

I believe the answer is:

pale

(Other definitions for pale that I've seen before include "Light-coloured" , "heraldic stripe" , "Having less colour than normal" , "White" , "picket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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