On the light side (4)

I believe the answer is:

pale

(Other definitions for pale that I've seen before include "Light in colour" , "picket" , "beyond which one is out of line?" , "Whitish" , "Stake, lacking colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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