1. The colouring of a person's face
   "Her complexion changed from pale to flushed as she exercised";
   - skin color [US], skin colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Texture and appearance of the skin of the face
   "Her clear complexion glowed with health"
    
3. A point of view or general attitude or inclination
   "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
    
4. A combination that results from coupling or interlinking
   "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
    
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
   "In medieval medicine, a person's complexion was thought to influence their personality"

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

Derived forms: complexions, complexioning, complexioned

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

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

Encyclopedia: Complexion