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1.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Complexion (kŏm‑plĕkˈshŭn), n. [F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See {Complex}, a.]
   1.  The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.]
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       Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it.
               -- I. Watts.
   
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   2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic]
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       This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
               -- Coleridge.
   
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   3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.]
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       If his complexion incline him to melancholy.
               -- Milton.
   
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       It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
               -- Shak.
   
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   4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
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       Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.
               -- Wordsworth.
   
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       Between the pale complexion of true love,
       And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain.
               -- Shak.
   
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   5. The general appearance or aspect; as, “the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news”.
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