Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-02
COLOR AND COMPLEXION;
A STUDY for Ladies.


RED DRAPERr.-Roser red cannot be put
in contact with the rosiest complexions
without causing them to loose some oI
their freshness. Dark red is less objsc-
tionable for certain compilations than rose
red, because, being higher than this lat
ter, it tends to impsrt Whiteness to them
in consequence ofcontrast OF tone.
GREEN DRAPERY.-A delicate green is,
on the contrary, favorable to all fair COM
plexions which are deficient in rose. and
which may have more impaired to them
without inconvenience. But it is not as
favorable to compilations that are more
red than rosy, nor to those that have a
tint or orange mixed with brown, because
the red they add to this tint will be of
brick red hue. In the latter case dark
green will be less objectionable than deli
cate green.
YELLOW DRAPERY.-Yellow imparss
violet to fair skin, and iD this view it is
less favorable than the delicate green
70 those skins which are more yellow
than orange. it imparts white but this
combination is very dull and heavy for "a
fair complexion. When the skin is tinted
mere with orange than yellow, We can
make it rosente by neutralz;ng the yell
low. 1t produces the effect upon the
black haired type, and it is thus that it
suits brunettes.
VIOLET DRAPERIEs.-Violet. the COM
plimensary OF yellow, produces contrary
effects : thus it impnrtS some greenish yell
low to fair compilations. Ii augmsnts the
yellow tint yellow ofand orange skins. The
little blue there may be in complexion, il
InAkeS green. Violet. then. il one Of the
epst favorable colorS to tho skin, at least
when it is not sufficiently deep to whilen
it BY contrast Of tone.
BLUE DRAPERv.-Blue imparts orange,
which il susceptible Of allying itself IA
voraCly TO white and the light fresh tints
of fair complications. which have already
a more or less determined tint Of this coll
or. Bluc. is then, suitabs to most blondes,
and in this case juslitieS its reputation -
1t viii! not suit bruneI'es. since they have
"Irendy too much Of the orange.
ORANGE DRAPEKr.-Orange is too bill.
liant to be- elegant; it makes fair COM
plexions blue. Whiteness those which have
AN orange tint, and gives green 10 those
OF a yellow tint.
WHITE DRAPERr.-Drapery of lus-
terless white, such as cambric muslin, as
sorts we'll with fresh complexion, OF
which IL relieves the rose color but il is
unsuitable to compilations which have a
dIsagreeabe tint, because white alwsys
e1aits ali colors by raising their tone, CON
sequently it is unsuitable to those skins
which, without having this agreeable
tint, very nearly approach it. Very light
white drapeFies, such as muslin, plated
or point lace, have on entirely different
aspect.
BLACK DRAPsNr-Blsck draperes,
lowering the tone of the colOrs with which
they are in juxtaposition, whisen the skin;
but if the VermilIiOu or rosy parts are to
certain point distant from the drarpery,
it will follow that, although lowered in
tone, they appear relatively to the white
parts Of the skin, contiguous TO this same
drapery, redder than if the contiguity to
the black diG not exist.-Harmcny Of Col
orS, BY 4E e. ChevreuI.