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There are actually some naturally pale/white corals that are zooxanthellate--Cycloseris, Pleuractis granulosa, and Sinuorota hexagonalis being a few of them.
Cycloseris sp.; Guam | Credit: Marisa Agarwal
Pleuractis granulosa; Egypt | Credit: Ingo Rogalla
cf Sinuorota hexagonalis; Kwajalein Atoll | Credit: Scott & Jeanette Johnson
Except for the brown parts, some of those corals do not look healthy to me, but perhaps they are just among those corals with low zoox levels.