Law of Color
Categories
Ingredients
Natural Hair
Techniques
100
Considered the three pure colors
What is red, yellow and blue
100
Product used to neutralize brassiness after pre-lightening
What is toner
100
Combined with ammonia in permanent hair colors to allow for the lift and lightening
What is hydrogen peroxide
100
Contains a predominant amount of pheomelanin
What is red hair
100
Applied at the hairline to prevent irritating and staining
What is barrier cream
200
Produced by mixing two primary colors in varying proportions
What is secondary colors
200
Also known as progressive dyes
What is metallic dyes
200
The alkalizing agent used in permanent hair colors
What is ammonia
200
From 1-10, the lightest hair color level
What is 10
200
Test performed on clients before applying permanent hair color
What is predisposition test
300
Considered the darkest primary color
What is blue
300
Type of hair colors that lift the natural pigment and deposit artificial pigment in one process
What is permanent hair color
300
The oxidizing agent used with demi-permanent and permanent colors, lighteners and toners
What is developer
300
This porosity may take longer to absorb coloring
What is resistant porosity
300
Color is applied to base only during this procedure
What is retouch
400
Color produced by mixing blue and yellow
What is green
400
Product that comes in powder form and when mixed with hydrogen peroxide becomes a strong lightening agent
What is off-the-scalp lightener
400
Mixed with a cream on-the-scalp lightener to speed the process
What is an activator (booster)
400
The hair texture that tends to process slightly lighter than the intended level
What is coarse
400
Process involving decolorizing and then recolorizing the hair to desired tone
What is double-process blonde
500
The base toner that would be used to produce a neutral blonde on prelightened yellow hair
What is violet
500
Coloring the hair back to its original color
What is tint back
500
Mixed with permanent hair colors
What is hydrogen peroxide
500
Expressed by warm or cool colors
What is tone
500
Technique used to brush color or lightener on the hair vertically and in alternating patterns
What is freeform painting
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