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What are the 3 primary colors?
blue, red, yellow
What are the 3 colors that cannot be created by combining other colors?
primary colors
What color is the only cool primary color?
blue
What do you get when mixing equal amounts of two primary colors?
Secondary colors
What color do you get when mixing blue and yellow?
Green
What type of porosity may absorb the color product quickly but fade quickly?
high porosity
____ hair is the color of keratin without melanin.
White
Mixing equal parts of what two colors creates green?
blue and yellow
Mixing equal amounts of one primary color with ____ yields a tertiary color.
one of its adjacent secondary colors
What is blue's complimentary color?
orange
Which hair characteristic is an indication of the strength of the cortex, including cross-bonds and melanin molecules?
elasticity
Hair with a ____ texture takes color faster and may appear darker than other textures.
fine
What is the term for the pigment that lies under the natural hair color?
undertone
Complementary colors are positioned ____on the color wheel.
directly opposite each other
Yellow is the complimentary color of?
violet
What hair characteristic do you use to determine the subsection size to use to assure proper coverage of the haircolor or lightener?
density
Which six basic colors does the human eye see?
three primary and three secondary
The warmth or coolness of a color is called the "_____"
tone
In haircoloring, the level system is used to analyze the ____ of a hair color.
lightness or darkness
Give me an example of a tertiary color.
?
The total number and size of _______ granules determine what the natural hair color looks like
pigment
What 3 colors are considered drab or ash colors?
blue, green, violet
The natural level of the client's hair is accomplished by using ____ or color ring to match the client's hair color.
a manufacturer's swatch (color swatches)
commonly used for root touch up or "tint-back"
Which percentage (range) of gray hair is characterized by most of the remaining pigment being located at the back of the head?
70-90%
Which hair characteristic is an indication of the strength of the cortex, including cross-bonds and melanin molecules?
Elasticity