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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Complexion

/(kŏm*plĕk"shŭn)/ · Com·plex·ion · IPA /kəmˈplɛkʃən/
01 n. The state of being complex; complexity.
  1. 1.
    The state of being complex; complexity.[Obs.]
    “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.
  2. 2.
    A combination; a complex.[Archaic]
    “This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.” — Coleridge.
  3. 3.
    The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.[Obs.]
    “If his complexion incline him to melancholy.” — Milton.
    “It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.” — Shak.
  4. 4.
    The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
    “Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.” — Wordsworth.
    “Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain.” — Shak.
  5. 5.
    The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.