Related Clues:

• Like pastels compared to primary colors
• Less vibrant
• Less bright, colorwise
• Type of light switch
• Less tanned, say
• Not as bright as it used to be
• Temporary passion to die, not new, out-of-date
• Less flushed
• Pastier
• More fair
• More washed-out
• Having less color
• Not as vibrant
• Like pound cake, vis-a-vis sponge cake
• Like Eeyore vis-à-vis his storybook companions