put a new complexion on (something)
To alter the appearance, perception, or interpretation of something; to recontextualize something so as to suggest a new or different interpretation. The information given to us by the former secretary certainly puts a new complexion on the incident. I recommend that we drop the charges for now. The leaked email chain detailing his protests against the company's policy puts a new complexion on his sudden firing last week.
put a new/different comˈplexion on something
change the way that a situation appears: What the police officer had just told me put quite a different complexion on the mystery.