Example of query on Yandex "colour of the hip of a frightened nymph"... o_O Interested, scattered:
The thighs of a frightened nymph are a shade of pink. (There is also the colour of the nymph’s thigh.) It is pale pink, the nymph is calm.) With this color under Emperor Paul painted the layer of military uniforms. But since the fabric for officers and soldiers was different in quality, the officer’s shade was called “the thigh of a frightened nymph”, and the soldier’s – “the cup of a frightened Masha”.