Levels and Tones
What are the two main factors used to determine the natural hair color for a client?
What are levels and tones?
This type of hair color washes out after one shampoo.
What is temporary color?
What is the purpose of hair lighteners?
What is to decolorize the hair by dissolving natural pigment?
This coloring technique involves painting hair color or lightener directly onto the surface of the hair.
What is balayage?
Why is a patch test important before coloring hair?
What is to check for allergies or sensitivities to the color product?
This term refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is level?
Which category of hair color lasts about 4–6 weeks?
What is semi-permanent hair color?
What type of lightener is most often used for a full-head application?
What is cream lightener?
What is the process called when you color strands of hair lighter than the natural color?
What is highlighting?
What should always be worn to protect your hands during hair coloring?
What are gloves?
How is tone used in formulating hair color?
What is to enhance, neutralize, or intensify the desired color?
This type of hair color requires mixing with a developer and provides long-lasting results.
What is permanent hair color?
What are the two types of melanin that hair lighteners break down?
What are eumelanin and pheomelanin?
Name the technique used to color only the roots of the hair.
What is retouch application?
What step should you take if a client shows signs of an allergic reaction during the process?
What is stop the service immediately and rinse the hair thoroughly?
What are examples of warm tones?
What are red, orange, and yellow?
Name the hair color category that uses larger pigment molecules that coat the hair shaft but do not penetrate it.
What is temporary hair color?
What is the role of hydrogen peroxide in lightening?
What is to act as the oxidizing agent that activates the lightener?
This technique involves weaving selected strands of hair and coloring or lightening them.
What is foiling?
Why is it important not to overlap lightener during a retouch service?
What is to avoid breakage and over-processing of the hair?
Name the type of tones that help cancel out brassiness in hair color.
What are cool tones?
Which hair color category is often used to blend gray without a line of demarcation?
What is demi-permanent hair color?
This term refers to the natural color that remains after the hair is lightened.
What is contributing pigment or undertone?
What is the purpose of lowlighting?
What is to add darker strands of color to create dimension?
What is the purpose of conducting a strand test before a full application?
What is to determine how the hair will react to the product and achieve the desired result?