Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-01-05
Color and CoMplexion-A study for La
dies

Color and CoMPlexion-A study for La
dies.
Red Drdpery.-Rose red canuo, be put
in contact with The rosiesI compilations
without, causing them to loose some OF
their freshness. Dark red is less oblec.
tionable for certain compilations than rose
red, because being higher than this latter,
!, tends to impsrl whl;eness 10 them in
consequence Of contrast of tone.
Green Drapsry.--A delicate green is,
on the contrary, favorable 10 all fair com
plexiens which are deficient in rose, and
which may have more impaired to them
without Inconvenience. But ii is no! as
favorable TO compilations that are more red
than rosy, nor to those who have TINT
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 delicate
green.
Yrll0,c Drapcry-Yeow imparts vlo-
let 10 fair skin. and in this view 1t is less
favorable than the delicate green. 10
those skins which are more yellow than
orange, it impars while; but this comol-
nation is very dull and heavy for lar
complexion. When the skin is tinted
more with orange than yellow, we can
make it roseale by neuualizing the yell
low. 1t produces this effect upon the
Olack-haired type, and thus 1t suits trun-
cites.
EOlst Draperies.--V Violet, the COM
plimentary of yellow, produces contrary
effects; thus, 1t imparls some greenlsh
yellow TO fair compilations. 1t augments
the yellow tint of yellow and orange skins.
The lille blue there may be in complex
ion, it makes green. Violet, then, is one
OF the least favorable coIoFs TO the skin, at
least when it is not sufficiently deep to
wblien II by contrast OF tone.
Blue DrGpery.--Blue imparts orange,
which is susceptible Of allvlng itself ia
vorably to white and the light flesh tlnis
Of fair compilations, which have already
more or less determined tint of this col
or. Blue is, then. suitable TO most blon-
des, and in this case jusrties lis repuia.
uon. II will not suit brunelts since they
hare already too much of the orange.
Orange DrGpery.--Orange is TOO bril-
liant to be elegant It makes fair complex
ions blue, whilens those which have an
orange tint and gives green hue 10 those
Of yellow tint.
Whife Drapery.--Drapery Of luster.
less white, such as camLrlc muslin, as
sorts well with fresh complexion, OF
which it relieves the rose color but il rs
unsuitable to compilations which have a
disagteeable tint, because white always
exalts all eolors by raising their tone /;
consequently II is unsuitable 10 those skins
which, without having This disagreeable
iiut, very nearly approach it. Very light
white draperes, such as muslin, plated
or pointed lace, have an entirely different
aspect.
Black Drapery. Black draperies low
cring the tone of the coiors with which
,hey are in juxtaposilioa, whilen The skin;
but if The yermilen or rosy paris are to
certain point distant from the drapery, II
will follow that, although lowered in tone,
they appear relatively 10 the white parts
of the skin contiguous 10 this same drape-
~ redder than if The conliguity to the
black did not exist.--Harmony Of CoIors,
By M T.. CheUreWl.