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Leap about without colour (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pale

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'colour' is the definition.
(I know that pale is a type of colour)

'leap about without' is the wordplay.
'leap' anagrams to 'PALE'.
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(Other definitions for pale that I've seen before include "It's unacceptable to go beyond this" , "Light in colour" , "Dim - wan" , "beyond which one is out of line?" , "White" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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