What's your THEORY?
Measurement system used to determine lightness or darkness of artificial or natural haircolor
What is the level system?
Red, Blue, Yellow
What are primary colors?
Type of color that tones pre-lightened hair
What is semi-permanent?
Oil, cream & some powder (if specified by manufacturer)
What are on-scalp lighteners?
Products with thicker viscosity
What is use a brush & bowl?
Hair Color
What is natural color of hair?
System of understanding color relationships
What is the law of color?
Orange, Green, Violet
What are secondary colors?
Lightens and deposits color simultaneously
What is permanent color?
Strong/fast acting, 4 to 7 levels, powder or clay
What are off scalp lighteners?
Products with a thinner viscosity
What is an applicator bottle?
Oxidizing agent when mxed with oxidative haircolor supplies necessary oxygen gas to develop the color molecules to create a change in natural hair color
What is Hydrogen peroxide?
Varying degrees of warmth exposed during permanent color or lightening process
What is contributing pigment?
This must be taken into account for proper coverage during color
What is density?
Standard volume & lifting power
What is 20 volume & 2 levels?
Contains persulfate salts (sodium persulfate), dries out quicker & expands as they process
What are powder or clay lighteners?
Determines how the hair will react to the formula & how much processing time is needed
What is a strand test?
Refers to color balance
What is tone?
Color can take longer to process on this type of hair
What is Coarse?
Chart used as a tool to visually represent the relationships between color
What is a color wheel?
Progressive haircolor
What is metallic color?
Powdered persulfate salts added to lighteners (useful for resistant hair)
What are boosters, protinators or accelerators?
Application of 1 color to clients hair
What is a single process color?
Permanent haircolor products mixed with a low-volume developer that are used primarily on pre-lightened hair
What is a toner?
Christmas, Florida Gators, LA Lakers
What are complementary colors?
Intermediate color achieved by mixing equal amounts of secondary & primary colors
What are tertiary colors?
Alkaline agent raises pH of hair colorant
What is ammonia?
Two step haircolor, first decolorize then tone
What is double process haircolor?
If the strand is too light in strand test what do you do?
Common industry practice used to refresh permanent haircolor; equal parts of prepared color, shampoo and worked through hair last 5 minutes of service
What is a soap cap?