Definitions
The ability of hair to absorb and hold moisture, liquids, and chemicals: can be classified as average, resistant, extreme.
What is Porosity
States that the only three colors-yellow, red, and blue, called primary colors-are "pure" colors.
What is the Law of Color?
Hue, Level/Value, Intensity
What are the 3 Main Characteristics of Color?
The most common Vegetable dye.
What is Henna
Deposits color, or lift(lighten) and deposit color in a single process.
What are Oxidative Colors?
The time it takes a color product to work and/or develop.
What is Process?
Contains varying proportions of red and yellow.
What is Orange?
The degree of lightness or darkness of a color, relative to itself and to other colors.
What is Level/Value?
Contains large color molecules that coat only the surface of the hair shaft and cuticle, creating a physical change.
What are Temporary Colors?
Combination of the ammonia and hydrogen peroxide allows the lifting and lightening of the hairs natural color.
What are Permanent Colors?
Base to ends color application used to add tone to or darken the existing color along with the hair strand.
What is Virgin Darker Technique?
Colors found opposite of one another, used to correct or neutralize unwanted tones.
What are Complementary Colors?
A numbering system that identifies the lightness or darkness of hair colors.
What is The Level System?
Known as progressive or gradual dyes because the hair turns darker with each application or over time due to air exposure.
What are Metallic Dyes?
High lift tints are permanent colors designed to achieve lighter color and generally use these volume of hydrogen peroxide.
Design principle in which all units are identical except for positions; creates a feeling of uniformity; one color repeated within a given area or throughout.
What is Repetition?
The color that is complementary to Red.
What is Green?
Refers to the vividness, brightness, or saturation of a color.
Strong= Deep, Vibrant, Rich
Soft= Subtle, Muted, Soft
What is Intensity?
Not mixed with developer, however a predisposition test for allergic reactions is required if the product contains an aniline derivative ingredient.
What are Semi-Permanent Hair Colors?
The result of mixing hydrogen peroxide in a metal bowl.
What is a Weak Formula.
Artistic arrangement patterns for the design elements of form, texture, and color to follow.
What is Design Principles?
The tone classified by someone whose hair and skin fall into the yellow, red, and orange category.
What are Warm Tones?
Hair colors categorized into three MAJOR fields.
What is Light, Medium, and Dark?
Incompatible with other chemicals services in a salon.
What are Vegetable, Metallic, and Compound Dyes?
-Ideal for gray coverage
-Used with majority of hair coloring products.