What does pale as milk mean?

pale as milk

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

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Very pale.

"O ſiſters three, come, come, to mee, / With hands as pale as milke, / Lay them in gore, ſince you haue ſhore / With ſheeres, his threede of ſilke."
"Très amusant, cheri.^([sic]) You look as pale as milk. Are you coming down with something?"

milk-white

milk-white

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