Europe, Middle East, or North Africa, that is a rather liberal definition. I always thought it was someone of exclusively European ancestry. But how pure European most White Americans are I don't know. I also don't know if my level of purity in my family is average for Americans. What I would guess is, it is rather common for every ancestor to be from Europe, but maybe it is not uncommon to have a mixed race marriage somewhere in the ancestry (such as a German ancestor 7 generations ago marrying a Jew or Gypsy). What I want to know is if I'm affected by a mixed race marriage and if it is normal or extremely uncommon.
I think I'm more olive complexioned. I don't see skin that qualifies as Fair. Which is bizarre because I have only European ancestry and show 99.9% European on 23andme. I can be considered light skinned, but it is more yellowish rather than pink/rosy.