ichidan verb, intransitive verb
Describes colors becoming pale or washed out, often from sunlight or age. Intransitive.
長年日光に当たって、カーテンが白茶けてしまった。
After years of exposure to sunlight, the curtains have faded.
この写真は白茶けて、色がほとんどわからない。
This photo has faded so much that you can barely tell the colors.