If you say that was the reason he 'shunned the sun'...
But here is his description from Silmarillion:
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'Lord,' he cried, 'the Guard have taken captive one that came by stealth to the Dark Gate. Eöl he names himself, and he is a tall Elf, dark and grim, of the kindred of the Sindar; yet he claims the Lady Aredhel as his wife, and demands to be brought before you
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I mean, they would not call him 'dark', if he were albino, however 'grim' he may have looked to them