Hair Facts
This is the outermost layer of the hair.
What is the cuticle?
This is the melanin that lends black and brown colors to the hair.
What is Eumelanin?
These are pure or fundamental colors that cannot be created by combining other colors.
What are primary colors?
Non-oxidation colors that make only a physical change and not a chemical change.
What are temporary haircolors?
This is the diameter of an individual hair strand.
What is hair texture?
This is the melanin that gives gives blonde and red colors to the hair.
What is Pheomelanin?
These are primary or secondary colors positioned directly opposite of each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
No-lift, deposit-only, non-oxidation haircolor that is not mixed with peroxide and is formulated to last through several shampoos.
This is the number of hairs per square inch.
What is hair density?
This is also known as undertone.
What is contributing pigment?
A color obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.
What are secondary colors?
Also known as no-lift, deposit only color, and is formulated to deposit but not lighten color.
What is demipermanent hair color?
This is the hair's ability to hold water.
What is hair porosity?
The unit of measurement used to identify the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is level?
An intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary color and its neighboring primary color on the color wheel in equal amounts.
What are tertiary colors?
Type of hair color that lightens and deposits color at the same time and in a single process because they are more alkaline.
What is permanent hair color?
This is the middle layer of the hair and gives the hair the majority of its strength and elasticity.
What is the cortex?
This hair color is also known as a progressive color, and contain metal salts that change hair color gradually to create a dull, metallic appearance.
What are metallic hair colors?
This is also known as the hue, balance of color.
What is tone?
Also known as vegetable haircolors, are colors combined from the leaves or barks of plants.
What are natural hair colors?