Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-10
Adautation of Dress to Complexion.

Adaptation of Dress to Complexion.
Rose red cannot be put in contact with
the rosiest compilations without causing
them to lose some of their freshness dark
red rose is less Objectionable for certain
compilations than rose red, because, being
higher than the latter, it tends to impart
whiteness to them, in consequence OF con-
trast of Tone A delicate green is, on the
contrary, favorable to all fair compilations,
without causing them to lose some of their
freshness-those which are. deficient in
rose, and which may have been impaired to
them without inconvenience but 1t is not
SO 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 tint
will be of brick-red hue-and in
the latter case dark green will be less
Objectionable than a delicate green.
Yellow imparts violet to fair skin,
and in this view it is less favorable
than delicate green. To those skins
which are more yellow than orange, it
imparts white, but this combination is
very dull and heavy for fair complex
ion. When the skin is tinted more
with orange than yellow, it can be
made more roseate by neutralizing the
yellow; it produces this effect upon the
black haired type, and it is thus that it
suits brunettes. Violet, the compile
mentary of yellow, produces contrary
effects thus, it imparts some greenish-
yellow to fair compilations, it augments
the yellow tint of yellow and orange
skins, and the little blue there may be
in a complexion it makes green violet,
then, is one of the least favorable colors
to the skin, at least when it is not suf
ficiently deep to whiten it by contrast
of tome Blue imparts orange, which is
susceptible of allying itself favorably to
white and the light flesh tints of fair COM
plexions, which have already more or
less determined tint of this color. Blue is,
then, suitable to most blondes, and in this
case justifes its reputation it will not suit
brunettes, since they have already too
much orange. Orange is too brilliant to
be elegant it makes fair compilations blue,
whitens those which have an orange tint,
and gives green hue to those of yellow
tint. Drapery of lustrous white, such
as cambria muslin, associates well with
a fresh complexion, of which it relieves
the rose color, but it is unsuitable to
tint, because white always exalts all
coors by raising their tone, consequently
it is unsuitable to those skins which, with
out having this disagreeable tint, very
nearly approach it; very light draperies OF
white, such as muslin, pleated or point
lace, have an entirely different aspect.
Black draperies, lowering the tone of the
colors, with which they are in juxtaposi-
ton, whiten the skin but if the vermillion
or rosy parts are to certain point distant
from the drapery, it will follow that, al
though lowered in tone, they appear re-
latively to the white parts of the skin con-
tiguous to the same drapery redder than if
the contiguity to the black did not exist.
By attention to these rules, founded as
they are ON certain natural laws or princi-
Piles, harmony and beauty of apparel and
complexion are secured.