lurid
1 exaggerated, graphic, melodramatic, sensational, shock-horror (facetious) shocking, startling, unrestrained, vivid, yellow (of journalism)
2 disgusting, ghastly, gory, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, revolting, savage, violent
3 ashen, ghastly, pale, pallid, sallow, wan
4 bloody, fiery, flaming, glaring, glowering, intense, livid, overbright, sanguine
1 & 2 breezy, bright, carefree, controlled, factual, jaunty, light-hearted, mild