In these parts the paleness of the people let them get enough vitamin D, which plays a role in the immune system, or at least this is why we suppose natural selection gave the natives in cold climates such white skin.
Everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin. I'm good with my paleness. I think of it as my Irish heritage coming through, of those Celtic genes passed down the generations.
Her ethereal white skin raised other hues to greater brightness. Next to her, blues were bluer, greens were greener... for she was a canvas of sorts, both eye catching and part of the scenery all the same. Paleness for me is never ghostly, it is simply that which reflects light so well.
Her paleness was as a new primrose, white with the softest hint of gold.