Related Clues:

• That's not beyond the pale - like the start of 22 across
• That's a retiring class of a pale
• That colourless piano was all I had
• Not a forward sort of pale
• How a lack of assurance leads to a lack of colour
• A retiring way not to be beyond the pale
• A retiring pale might have been in the fire
• Not a forward pale
• Pale enough to have a throw at it
• Have a throw at what's been burnt grey
• Lacking much hue
• Covered in soot
• Colourless cover I had of late
• One retiring pale (4)
• A retiring way as hen might make it