I'm looking for an adjective which describes a complexion. I understand that the term complexion is primarily used to describe the color of someone's skin. However, I'm looking for a word which says that I find the complexion attractive, without actually specifying any color.
Her complexion was _____
I'd prefer to avoid any generic positive word like good, great, amazing and the like. The word should be (at least somewhat) specifically applicable to complexion.
Oxford lists these collocations:
a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion
Almost all of them denote some color. Clear doesn't (arguably), but it doesn't necessarily connote attractiveness.
For the sake of illustration, I tried "her complexion was beautiful" on Google books, which gave has a mere 1500 hits. It doesn't sound right.
Is there a common collocation/turn of phrase I could use here?
Best Answer
A common term for what the OP describes is, "Her complexion was flawless." (a Google search for flawless complexion returned about 1,110,000 results)