Color Theory
is the visual perception of the reflection of light
What is Color
12-hue color circle that is created from primary, secondary and tertiary colors positioned in a circle.
What is the Color Wheel
are named and abbreviated based on their position on the color wheel.
What is a Hue?
is the degree of lightness or darkness of a color, relative to itself and to other colors
What is LEVEL/VALUE?
not hot or cold
What is neutral?
color is a group of electromagnetic waves, also called
What is Wavelengths
are combinations of the primary and secondary colors.
What is Tertiary colors?
Hair colors in the world can be categorized into 3 major fields
What is light, medium, and dark?
States that only yellow, red and blue, called primary colors are “pure” colors
Cannot be created by mixing together any other colors
The 3 primary colors create all the other colors
What is the Law of Color
What is Red, Yellow, and Blue
Three main characteristics of haircolor are:
What is Hue, Value, and Intensity?
a numbering system that identifies the lightness or darkness of hair colors in smaller specific increments.
What is The LEVEL SYSTEM?
In order to go from a level 11(lightest blonde) to a level 4 (dark brown) you must do this first.
What is a filler?
This is achieved when 2 primary colors are mixed in varying proportions
What is secondary colors
generally fall into the yellow, orange or red half of the color wheel
What are warm colors?
This color acts as black among the primary colors?
What is Blue?
Temporary/semi permanent hair color does not penetrate this
What is the cuticle/shaft?
Mixing a primary color with its neighboring secondary color in varying proportions creates
What is tertiary colors?
The complementary color to red-orange.
What is blue-green?
These prevent temporary color from penetrating the cuticle layer of the hair shaft.
What is the large size of the color molecules?
refers to the vividness, brightness or saturation of a color within its own level
What is INTENSITY?