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1802. Domestic Hints (Brighter Colours for Dark People). Why are yellow, orange, or red colours suitable to a person of dark hair and complexion? Because those colours, by contrast with the dark skin and hair, show to the greater advantage themselves, while they enrich the hue of black. 1803. Domestic Hints (Light Green for Fair Complexions). Why is a delicate green favourable to pale blonde complexions? Because it imparts a rosiness to such complexions--red, its complementary colour, being reflected upon green. 1804. Domestic Hints (Light Green Unfavourable for Ruddy Complexions). Why is light green unfavourable to ruddy complexions? Because it increases the redness, and has the effect of producing an overheated appearance. 1805. Domestic Hints (Violet Unfavourable for All). Why are violet draperies unfavourable to every kind of complexion? Because, reflecting yellow, they augment that tint when it is present in the skin or hair, change blue into green, and give to an olive complexion a jaundiced look. 1806. Domestic Hints (Blue Unsuitable for Brunettes). Why is blue unsuitable to brunettes? Because it reflects orange, and adds to the darkness of the complexion. 1807. Domestic Hints (Blue Veils for Complexion). Why do blue veils preserve the complexion? Because they diminish the effect of the scorching rays of light, just as the blue glass over photographic studios diminishes the effect of certain rays that would injure the delicate processes of photography. [1] [Footnote 1: "Housewife's Reason Why," containing upwards of 1,500 Reasons upon every kind of Domestic Subject. London: Houlston and Sons. 2s. 6d.]