M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-14
For ladies OnIy-Is This Become
ing,

first, he establishes certain distinctions; tha
of tic two types known as brunette an
blonde; that Of the iuytaposiion Of the urtj
Icles Of toilet, whether pertaining to the hai
or TO the complexion; and that of moiifca
tions Of the complexion; by colorel ray
Iemanating from the address, and which
being reflected on the skin, tinge il with thei
peculiar color. lie says; '......
"Tke color Of light hair being essentially
The resuk of mixture Of red, yellow an,
brown, we must consider it as 4 very pale
subducd orange brownj the color Of the Skin
although a lower tone, is analogous to it
except in the red parts. Blue ewes are raalh
the only parts of the fair type which form
contrast Of color with the whole; for the re,
parts produce, with the res,of the skin, onl
a harmony OF analogy oil hue, or at most
contrast Of hue, and not Of color; and th,
parts of the skin contiguous 20 the hair, thC
eyebrows and cyelashss, give ri52 only to 0
harmony Of analogy, either Of scale or Of hue
The harmonics Of analogy, then, evidently
iPredominate in the fair type over the harmo
uies Of contrast.
r The type with blacl; heir shows tn, har
monies of contrast predominlling over the
harmonies Of analogy. The hair, eyebrows
! eyelashes, and eyes, contrast in tone and col.
or, not only with the white Of the skin, bat
also with the red plr,s which in this part are
really redder, or less rOseata than in the
blonde type; and we must not forget that a
decided red, associated with black, gives to
the latter the character OF an eyplessiyely
deep color, either blue or green"
VI the colors Of tie hair and head dtcs3 we
are told;
Tho colors' which are usually considered
as asserting best with light or black hairatc
precisely those which produce great con.
trasts; thus, sky-blue, known to accord we'll
with blondes, iG the color that approaches
nearest to the complementary OF orange,
whehois the basis of the tint Of their hair
and complexions. The coors long esteem
ed 10 accord fa7orably with black hair-ye-
low and red, more or less orange contrasts
mthe same manner with them. Yellow and
orange red, contrasting by color and bril-
Iiancy with black, and their compemenlaries,
violet and blue green, in mixing with the
tint OF the hair, are far from producing bad
result"
The following, on the colors OF the com.
pIeXion and the contiguous drapery, affords
several valuable hints:
The jqxtaposition Of drapery with the
different flesh tints Of women offers to por-
trait painters host ofremarks, which are all
the results of the principles already laid
down. We shall state the most general
thus:
"Roae.red cannot be put in contrast with
even the rosiest compilations without caus.
ing !hem to lose some Of their freshness
Roee-red, maroon and light crimson have the
serious disadvantage Of rendering the com.
pIeZion more or less green. This is shown
IN the following experiments:
"PIace two sheets of paper ofeither OF the
co'Ors beside two sheets of lltsh.colored pa
per, when it will be seeG how much they are
mutually injured, tie lighter becoming
greenish, and the darker rather of violet
hue. By substituting light green for the
red, we shall find them mutually heightened
and improved. The hight OF tone of the
green influences the result; a very deep
green, acting by contrast of tone, SO enlee-
bles the complexion, that the slight contrasts
OF its colors will be inappreciable; a deep
red, by contrast ofanalos y, Danches The COM
PeXion. 1t is necessary, then, to separate
the rose from the skin, in some manner: and
the simples! manner of doing this is, to edge
the draperles with O border Of lulle. which
produces the effect olg.ay by the mixture Of
whito threads, which reflect light, and The in
terstices which absorb it; there is also a
mixture of light and shade, which recalls
the effect Of gray like the effect of case.
ment window, viewed at a great distance
Dark red Is less Objectionable for certain
comp!eXions than rose.red, because, beiny
higher than the latter, it tends to impart
TO them in consequence OF contrast
Of tone.
delicate green is, on the contrary, favor
able to all fair compilations which are def
cient in rose, and which may have more i'm.
parted TO them without disadvantage. But
not as favorable to compilations that are
more red than rosy; nor to those that have
tint OF orange mixed with brown, because the
red they add to this will be of a blick.red
hue. In the latter case dark green will be
less Objectionable than a delicate green.
"HellOw imparts violet TO fair skin, and
in this view it is less favorable than the del
icate green. To those skins which are more
yellow than orange itimparts white; but this
is very dull and heavy for fair
When the skin is tinted more
with orange than yellow, we can make it
rosy by neutralizing the yellow. 1t proiu.
ces this effect upon the black.haired type
and 1t is thus that it suits bruneltes.
"Violet, the compile mentary of yellow pro.
duces contrary effects; thus it inparts some
greenish yellow to fair compilations. It'll
lugments iheyellow tint ofyellow and orange
skins The little blue there may be in
it makes green.violet. This,
then, is one Of the least favorable colors to
The skin, at least when it is not sufficiently
leep TO whiten the skin by contrast of tone.
"Blue imparts orange, which comb bines ia.
'orably with white, and the light flesh tints
If fair compilations, which have already
more or less determined tint of this color.
Blue is thus suitable to most blondes, and in
his case justifes its reputation. 1t willnot
uI brunettes, since they haye already too
much of Grange.
"Orange is too brilliant to be elegant; il
makes fair complexions blue, whitens those
vhich have an orange tint, and gives greau
lue to those Of yellow tint.
"Lusterless white, such as cambric mus
in, assOrts well with fresh complexion, of
which il relieves the rose colnr, hut IL ia nm