Vocabulary
The strength of a color.
What is Intensity?
This is what is between previously colored hair and the scalp.
What is new growth?
Orange, Green, Violet.
What is the Secondary Colors?
This is the natural pigment of the hair/skin.
What is Melanin?
This highlighting technique uses slicing/weaving and foils.
What is the Foil Technique?
Also known as a predisposition test; test required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for identifying a possible allergy in a client.
What is a Patch Test?
This is what gives hair its stretch.
What is Elasticity?
Red, Blue, and Yellow.
What are the Primary Colors?
This is the darkest color on the level system.
What is 1?
Using a perforated cap for highlighting.
What is the Cap Technique?
Also known as boosters, protinators, or accelerators: This powdered persulfate salt is added to haircolor to increase its lightening ability.
What are Activators?
This is the ability to absorb liquids.
What is Porosity?
Primary and Secondary Colors positioned on opposite sides of the color wheel.
What are Complementary Colors?
This type of melanin gives blond & red colors to the hair.
What is Pheomelanin?
This is the only color that does not require a patch test.
What are Temporary Haircolors?
Hair type that is difficult for moisture or chemicals to penetrate and thus requires a longer processing time.
What is Resistant?
This is the hair type with the largest diameter therefore has a longer process time.
What is Coarse-Textured Hair?
Tones can be described as these 3 adjectives.
What are cool, neutral, and warm?
This type of melanin gives black & brown color to the hair.
What is Eumelanin?
Painting color onto clean and styled hair.
What is the Baliage Technique?
Coloring technique that involves taking a narrow, 1/8 inch section of hair by making a straight part at the scalp, positioning the hair over the foil, and applying lightener or color.
What is Slicing?
This is determined by the diameter of an individual hair strand.
What is Hair Texture?
Natural, vegetable, and metallic hair colors.
What are gradual colors?
The saturation, density, or concentration of a color.
What is Level?
This base is often used to cover grey hair.
What are Neutral base colors?