1. The colouring of a person's face
   - skin color [US], skin colour [Brit, Cdn] 
2. A combination that results from coupling or interlinking
   "diphthongs are complexions of vowels" 
3. A point of view or general attitude or inclination
   "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion" 
4. Texture and appearance of the skin of the face 
5. [archaic] A combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humours) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament

1. Give a certain colour to
   "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

Derived forms: complexioning, complexioned, complexions

See also: blond, blonde, brunet [US], brunette, complect, light-haired

Type of: appearance, color [US], coloring [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colouring [Brit, Cdn], combination, nature, point of view, stand, standpoint, tinct, tinge, tint, touch, viewpoint, visual aspect

Encyclopedia: Complexion

• family unit
• family Upupidae
• family Uranoscopidae
• family Ursidae
• family Urticaceae
• family Usneaceae
• family Ustilaginaceae
• family Valerianaceae
• family Varanidae
• family Veneridae
• family Verbenaceae
• family Vespertilionidae
• family Vespidae
• family Violaceae
• family Viperidae
• family Vireonidae
• family Viscaceae
• family Vitaceae
• family Vittariaceae
• family Viverridae
• family Viverrinae
• family Volvariaceae
• family Volvocaceae
• family Vombatidae
• family Welwitschiaceae