I heard that statement on MSNBC.
I'd like to point out that in those orange streetlights, I look olive-skinned. And I'm about as fair as they come. I'm not saying that this wasn't an olive-skinned guy - and heaven knows there is no shortage of olive-skinned people around here - but there's the possibility that the coloring was off because of the lights.
Local news (Channel 8, all news, mostly local all the time) just pointed out that the van they're looking for is probably white, not cream, because the lights change the way it looks. Same principle with skin.