Levels & Tones
This level is considered medium brown.
What is Level 4?
A stylist wants maximum deposit with minimal lift for gray coverage. This developer is usually the best choice.
What is 10 or 20 volume?
A client says they used metallic dye last month. Before any chemical service, the stylist should do this.
What is a strand test?
This is the natural pigment primarily responsible for dark brown and black hair levels.
What is eumelanin?
A client’s roots are significantly lighter than the rest of the hair after permanent color application. This is called this.
What are hot roots?
The underlying pigment exposed at a Level 8 is this color.
What is yellow-orange?
A student uses 40 volume developer on fragile ends during a blonding retouch. This is the likely result.
What is breakage or severe damage?
During processing, smoke or extreme heat develops in the foil packets. The stylist should immediately do this.
What is remove the foils and rinse immediately?
This pigment contributes red and yellow tones during the lightening process.
What is pheomelanin?
A client with black box dye wants blonde highlights. This service will likely require this.
What is multiple sessions?
This tone neutralizes orange in the hair.
What is blue?
A client wants one level of lift and gray blending. This developer would most commonly be chosen.
What is 20 volume?
A client’s hair is banded with dark mids, light ends, and orange roots. What would you do?
What is a corrective color?
This is the stage of exposed underlying pigment typically required before applying silver or platinum toner.
What is pale yellow?
A client’s ends lift much faster than the mids during bleaching because the ends are usually this.
What is more porous?
This tone is commonly described as cool violet-blue.
What is ash?
A client wants to go from platinum blonde back to dark brown. Before applying the darker formula, the stylist should do this.
What is fill the hair with warm pigment?
A client used green fashion color over blonde hair and now wants copper. Before applying copper, what would you do first?
What is remove or neutralize the green pigment?
Using sections that are too thick during foiling may cause this.
What is spotty or uneven processing?
During consultation, a client insists their hair is “healthy” despite visible split ends and breakage. The stylist should rely on this instead of the client’s opinion.
What is a hair analysis?
These are the two factors used to identify a hair color.
What are level and tone?
This is the chemical ingredient in developer that activates haircolor.
What is hydrogen peroxide?
A client arrives for highlights but has visible scalp abrasions from scratching. What would you do?
What is refuse or postpone the chemical service?
When lifting Level 3 hair, this warm underlying pigment appears first.
What is red?
A stylist attempts to color over green-tinted blonde hair with ash brown. The unwanted tone will likely remain because this color family was missing.
Question:
What is warm or red tones?