Después del susto, se quedó blanco como la pared.

English Translation

After the scare, he turned white as a sheet.

According to Google Ngrams, “blanco como el papel” is more common, at least in writing:

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‘El papel’ can mean ‘the paper’ or just ‘paper’, but ‘la pared’ can only mean ‘the wall’. If I heard this, I’d think ‘qué pared’?

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