Color Wheel
Complimentary color to red.
Green
Outermost layer of the hair.
Hair Cuticle
Adds shine and color to the hair.
Hair color Glaze
Primary Colors
Number of hairs per square inch.
Density
Color that neutralizes yellow.
Purple
Middle layer of hair.
Cortex
No-lift, deposit-only, non-oxidation hair color that is not mixed with peroxide.
Semipermanent
Secondary Colors
Green, Orange, Violet
Cuticle is slightly raised. Hair is normal and process is an average amount of time.
Average Porosity
Color that neutralizes green.
Red
Provides a barrier that protects the inner structure of the hair as it lies tightly against cortex.
Hair Cuticle
No-lift, deposit-only - deposits but does not lighten.
Demipermanent
Yellow Orange, Yellow Green, Blue Green, etc.
Tertiary Colors
A system used to determine the lightness or darkness of a hair color.
Level System
You lifted a customer’s hair from dark brown to brown but there is still red left in the hair. What color do you use to neutralize?
Green
Where changes involved in oxidation hair coloring, wet setting, thermal styling, permanent waving, and chemical hair relaxing take place within.
The Cortex
Lighten and deposit color at the same time and in a single process.
Permanent Haircolors
Predominant tone of color.
Base Color
A test for identifying a possible allergy in a client.
Patch Test
You lifted a customer’s hair with bleach but there is still yellow left in the hair. What color do you use to neutralize it?
Violet
Innermost layer of the hair.
Medulla
Volume of developer for gray coverage.
20
Balance of color.
Tone or Hue
Determines how the hair will react to the color formula and how long the formula should be left on the hair.
Strand Test