2398. Fair persons venturing upon such dresses or trimmings by daylight, should have clear and excellent complexions, or the brightness of the color, from a similarity of tint, will make their faces appear dirty and clouded.
2399. Chocolate colors, and warm browns partaking of red, may be worn by either fair or dark persons, provided they be not too pale, in which case the contrast will render the face chalky or death-like.
2400. Yellow in dress, as well as orange, is also more becoming to dark than to fair persons.
2401. Primrose is becoming to fair persons. The trimmings of this color, the flowers and ribbons, should be violet, such contrast being agreeable to art and nature.
2402. Maize color is becoming to all complexions, especially to those which are brilliant.