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Layered grays, orange-flavored sepia, and the odd palely simmering pink or blue conjure spectral woods, clouds, a snow-covered ancient graveyard, and a storm at sea.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2019

In the film, out this month, Friend plays a professional assassin who is perfectly, palely bald.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2015

"This version is palely faithful to the original without any of its seditious zest."

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2012

This version is palely faithful to the original without any of its seditious zest.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2012

The early light came filtering palely through the wood, making the tree trunks like watered silk.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill