What does a whiter shade of pale mean?

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"A Whiter Shade of Pale" was the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967.

Reid said he overheard someone at the party saying to a woman, "You've turned a whiter shade of pale," and the phrase stuck in his mind.
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