luridness - noun

the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes

unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

the quality of being ghastly

luridness - thesaurus

achromasia   ghastliness   grimness   gruesomeness   lividity   lividness   paleness   pallidness   pallor   sensationalism   wanness