Characteristics & Structure of Hair
What are the 6 hair characteristics that are analyzed before performing a hair color service.
What are elasticity, texture, density, porosity, natural hair color, & contributing pigment/undertone?
Is the system for understanding color relationships.
What is laws of color?
When new growth occurs you usually will see this between the new growth and the previously colored hair.
Hydrogen peroxide has a pH of?
What is 3.5-4.0?
A soap cap has a mixing ratio combination of these materials; what are they?
What is equal parts of color, shampoo, developer?
Which porosity level is the most resistant to hair color?
What is low porosity? (cuticle is tight, more resistant and may require a longer processing time)
These are the primary colors that cannot be created by combining other colors.
Name at least 2 types of permanent hair color.
What are oxidation tints, vegetable tints, metallic/mineral dyes, compound dyes.
Hydrogen peroxide is distributed for use under these names; name at least 2 ways they are known as.
Term used to describe the process of coloring hair back to its natural color. (state test question)
What is Tint back?
Natural color ranges are produced by two types of melanin, what are they?
What is Eumelanin (black & brown pigment) and Pheomelanin (blono and red pigment)?
Are primary and secondary colors positioned directly opposite each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors? (blue/orange, red/green, yellow/violet) (neutralize each other)
What two types of colors need to be mixed with hydrogen peroxide?
What is Demipermanent and Permanent?
Lighteners come in three forms, what are they?
What is cream, powder, oil?
Formulated specifically for coloring mustaches and beards. (state board question)
What are Pomades?
Is known as the pigment that lies under the natural hair color.
What is contributing pigment?
This describes the warmth or coolness of a color. (state test question)
Can lighten and deposit color in one process. (state test question)
What is permanent hair color?
Developers usually come as 10vol, 20vol, 30vol, 40vol, what would it be in percentages?
What is 10vol/3%, 20vol/6%, 30vol/9%, 40vol/12%?
The process of treating gray or other resistant hair to facilitate better color penetration.
What is Pre-softening?
What is Keratin?
Artificial hair colors are developed from primary and secondary colors to form this. (state test question)
What is base color?
This ingredient requires that a predisposition test/patch test) be performed; required by the food and drug administration (FDA)
What is Analine Derivative?
Household bleach is not the same as hair bleach; what is the technical term Blanca gave you for household bleach?
What is Sodium Hypochlorite?
Techinique that is known as "free-form".
What is Balyage?