Chpt. 19 - Haircoloring

Question 1

ACTIVATORS?

Answer 1

Powdered persulfate salts added to haircolor to increase is lightening ability.

Question 2

ANILINE DERIVATIVES?

Answer 2

Contain small, uncolored dyes that combine with hydrogen peroxide to form larger, permanent dye molecules within the cortex.

Question 3

BALIAGE or FREE-FORM TECHNIQUE?

Answer 3

Painting a lightener (usually a powdered off-the-scalp lightener) directly onto clean, styled hair.

Question 4

BASE COLOR?

Answer 4

Predominant tone of a color.

Question 5

CAP TECHNIQUE?

Answer 5

Lightening technique that involves pulling clean strands of hair through a perforated cap with a thin plastic or metal hook.

Question 6

COLOR FILLERS?

Answer 6

Equalize porosity and deposit color in one application to provide a uniform contributing pigment on prelightened hair.

Question 7

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS?

Answer 7

Primary and secondary color combinations that are directly opposite from each other on the color wheel.

Question 8

CONDITIONER FILLERS?

Answer 8

Used to recondition damaged, overly porous hair, and equalize porosity so that the hair accepts the color evenly from strand to strand and scalp to ends.

Question 9

CONTRIBUTING PIGMENT?

Answer 9

Natural hair color that remains in the hair when the natural color is lightened; must be taken into consideration when haircolor is selected. Also called undertone.

Question 10

DEMIPERMANENT HAIRCOLOR?

Answer 10

Also called no-lift, deposit-only color. Formulated to deposit, but not life natural hair color. Demipermanent colors are able to deposit without lifting because they are less alkaline than permanent colors and mixed with a low-volume developer.

Question 11

DEVELOPER?

Answer 11

Oxidizing agent that, when mixed with and oxidation haircolor, supplies the necessary oxygen gas to develop color molecules and create a change in hair color.

Question 12

DOUBLE-PROCESS APPLICATION?

Answer 12

Color technique requiring two separate procedures in which the hair is prelightened before the depositing color is applied; also called two-step coloring.

Question 13

FILLERS?

Answer 13

Used to equalize porosity.

Question 14

FOIL TECHNIQUE?

Answer 14

Highlighting technique that involves coloring selected strands of hair by slicing or weaving out sections, placing them on foil or plastic wrap, applying lightener or permanent haircolor, and sealing them in the foil or plastic wrap.

Question 15

GLAZE?

Answer 15

A non-ammonia color that adds shine and tone to the hair.

Question 16

HAIR COLOR?

Answer 16

The natural color of hair.

Question 17

HAIRCOLOR?

Answer 17

Professional, salon industry term referring to artificial haircolor products and services.

Question 18

HAIR LIGHTENING?

Answer 18

Chemical process involving the diffusion of the natural color pigment or artificial color from the hair; often called “bleaching” or “decolorizing:.

Question 19

HIGHLIGHTING?

Answer 19

Coloring some of the hair strands lighter than the natural color to add the illusion of sheen and depth; highlights do not generally contrast strongly withe the natural color.

Question 20

HIGHLIGHTING SHAMPOO?

Answer 20

Mixture of shampoo and hydrogen peroxide; used to slightly lighten natural hair color.

Question 21

LAW OF COLOR?

Answer 21

System for understanding color relationships.

Question 22

LEVEL?

Answer 22

Lightness or darkness of a color. Refers to the saturation, concentration, or density of a color. Answers the question, how much color?

Question 23

LEVEL SYSTEM?

Answer 23

system that colorists use to determine the lightness or darkness of a hair color.

Question 24

LIGHTENERS?

Answer 24

Chemical compounds that lighten hair by dispersing, dissolving, and decolorizing the natural hair pigment.

Question 25

LINE OF DEMARCATION?

Answer 25

Visible line separating colored hair from new growth.

Question 26

METALLIC or GRADUAL COLORS?

Answer 26

Haircolors containing metal salts that change hair color gradually by progressive buildup and exposure to air,, creating a dull, metallic appearance.

Question 27

NATURAL or VEGETABLE HAIRCOLOR?

Answer 27

Colors, such as henna, obtained from the leaves or bark of plants.

Question 28

NEW GROWTH?

Answer 28

Part of the hair shaft between the scalp and the hair that has been previously colored.

Question 29

OFF-THE-SCALP LIGHTENERS?

Answer 29

Powdered lighteners that cannot be used directly on the scalp.

Question 30

ON-THE-SCALP LIGHTENERS?

Answer 30

Oil and cream lighteners that can be used directly on the scalp.

Question 31

OXIDATION?

Answer 31

A Process by which oxygen is released, occurs withing the cortex of the hair shaft.

Question 32

PATCH TEST?

Answer 32

Test for identifying a possible allergy in a client, required by Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Also called predisposition test.

Question 33

PERMANENT HAIRCOLORS?

Answer 33

Lighten and deposit color at the same time and in one application. They are more alkaline than no lift deposit only haircolors and mixed with a higher volume developer.

Question 34

PRELIGHTENING?

Answer 34

First step of double-process haircoloring, used to lift or lighten the natural pigment before the application of toner.

Question 35

PRESOFTENING?

Answer 35

Process of treating gray or very resistant hair to allow for better penetration of color.

Question 36

PRIMARY COLORS?

Answer 36

Pure or fundamental colors (red, yellow, and blue) that cannot be created by combining other colors.

Question 37

RESISTANT?

Answer 37

Characteristic of some hair types that makes penetration by moisture or chemicals difficult.

Question 38

REVERSE HIGHLIGHTING or LOWLIGHTING?

Answer 38

Technique of coloring strand of hair darker that the natural color.

Question 39

SECONDARY COLOR?

Answer 39

Color obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.

Question 40

SEMIPERMANENT HAIRCOLOR?

Answer 40

No-lift, deposit-only, non=oxidation haircolor that is not mixed with peroxide and is formulated to last through several shampoos.

Question 41

SINGLE-PROCESS HAIRCOLORING?

Answer 41

Process that lightens and deposits color in the hair in a single application.

Question 42

SLICING?

Answer 42

Coloring technique that involves taking a narrow, 1/8 inch section of hair by making a straight part at the scalp, positioning the hair over the foil, and applying lightener or color.

Question 43

SOAP CAP?

Answer 43

Combination of equal parts of prepared tiont and shampoo applied to the hair like a regular shampoo.

Question 44

SPECIAL EFFECTS HAIRCOLORING?

Answer 44

Any technique that involves partial lightening or coloring.

Question 45

TEMPORARY HAIRCOLOR?

Answer 45

Non-permanent color whose large pigment molecules prevent penetration of the cuticle layer, allowing only a coating action that may be removed by shampooing.

Question 46

TERTIARY COLOR?

Answer 46

Intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary color and its neighboring primary color on the color wheel in equal amounts.

Question 47

TONE?

Answer 47

Also called hue of color; the balance of color.

Question 48

TONERS?

Answer 48

Semipermanent, demipermanent, and permanent haircolor products that are used primarily on prelightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors.

Question 49

VIRGIN APPLICATION?

Answer 49

First time the hair is colored.

Question 50

VOLUME?

Answer 50

Measure of varying strengths (concentration) or hydrogen peroxide; the higher the volume, the greater the lifting action.

Question 51

WEAVING?

Answer 51

Coloring technique in which selected strands are picked up from a narrow section of hair with a zigzag motion of the comb, and lightener or color is applied only to these strands.