| 2H4 II.ii.5 | [Prince Henry to Poins, of weariness] it discolours the complexion of my greatness |
| CE III.ii.104 | [Antipholus of Syracuse to Dromio of Syracuse, of Luce] What complexion is she of? |
| H5 II.ii.73 | [King Henry to Cambridge, Scroop and Grey] What see you in those papers, that you lose / So much complexion? |
| Ham II.ii.453 | [Hamlet to First Player, quoting lines about Pyrrhus] this dread and black complexion |
| JC I.iii.128 | [Cassius to Casca] the complexion of the element / In favour's like the work we have in hand |
| LLL I.ii.79 | [Armado to Mote, of Samson's love] Tell me precisely of what complexion? [also: sense 3] |
| MA I.i.292 | [Claudio to Don Pedro] you ... / That know love's grief by his complexion! |
| MV II.vii.79 | [Portia to all, of Morocco] Let all of his complexion choose me so [or: sense 3] |
| MW IV.ii.22 | [Mistress Page to Mistress Ford, of Ford] He ... so curses all Eve's daughters, of what complexion soever |
| MW V.v.8 | [Falstaff alone, of Jove] how near the god drew to the complexion of a goose! |
| Oth III.iii.228 | [Iago to Othello, of Desdemona] Not to affect many proposed matches / Of her own clime, complexion, and degree |
| Oth IV.ii.61 | [Othello to Desdemona] Turn thy complexion there [unclear meaning: change colour] |
| R2 III.ii.194 | [Scroop to King Richard] Men judge by the complexion of the sky / The state and inclination of the day |
| Tem I.i.29 | [Gonzalo to all, of the Boatswain] his complexion is perfect gallows |
| TN II.v.26 | [Malvolio to himself, of Olivia] should she fancy, it should be one of my complexion [or: sense 3] |
| TNK IV.ii.43 | [Emilia alone, of Palamon] O love, this only / From this hour is complexion [i.e. how complexion ought to look] |
| WT I.ii.381 | [Polixenes to Camillo] Your changed complexions are to me a mirror / Which shows me mine changed too |