Those which seem most appropriated to beauty, are the milder of every sort; light greens; soft blues; weak whites; pink reds; and violets.

Thirdly, if the colors be strong and vivid, they are always diversified, and the object is never of one strong color; there are almost always such a number of them (as in variegated flowers) that the strength and glare of each is considerably abated.

In a fine complexion there is not only some variety in the coloring, but the colors: neither the red nor the white are strong and glaring.

Besides, they are mixed in such a manner, and with such gradations, that it is impossible to fix the bounds.

On the same principle it is that the dubious color in the necks and tails of peacocks, and about the heads of drakes, is so very agreeable.