In 1722, François Couperin decided to associate
each variation from his Folies Françoises
(also known as “The Dominoes”)
with a specific colour and character :

 

Virginity, with invisible-coloured dominoes
Modesty, with rose-coloured dominoes
Ardour, with incarnadine dominoes
Hope, with green dominoes
Faithfulness, with blue dominoes
Perseverance, with linen grey dominoes
Languor, with purple dominoes
Coquetry, with various dominoes
Old beaux and old millionairesses, with crimson dominoes
Complaisant cuckolds, with yellow dominoes
Repressed jealousy, with Moorish grey dominoes
Frenzy or Despair, with black dominoes