Basic Haircolor Outline

Question 1

What are the secondary colors

Answer 1

Orange green and violet

Question 2

What are the six tertiary colors

Answer 2

Blue green, blue violet, red violet, red orange, yellow green, yellow orange

Question 3

What do you do in order to get secondary colors? For example what do you mix to make violet

Answer 3

Do makes two equal parts of primary color to make the secondary
Ex: red and blue

Question 4

What is the complementary color for yellow

Answer 4

Violet

Question 5

What is the complementary color for blue

Answer 5

Orange

Question 6

What’s the complementary color or red

Answer 6

Green

Question 7

What colors neutralize each other

Answer 7

Complementary

Question 8

3oz 3N + 3oz 2N= how much devoloper

Answer 8

6 ounces of developer

Question 9

Refers to the strength of a color. Can be described as soft, medium, or strong.

Answer 9

Intensity

Question 10

Here’s ability to absorb and retain moisture

Answer 10

Porosity

Question 11

When the cuticle is tight, hair is resistant which means it is difficult for moisture chemicals penetrate

Answer 11

Low porosity

Question 12

When the cuticle a slightly raised, the hair is normal and processes and average amount of time

Answer 12

Average porosity

Question 13

Cuticle is lifted, hair overly porous and takes color quickly. Color also tends to fade faster.

Answer 13

High porosity

Question 14

Brown and black colors to the hair

Answer 14

Eumelanin

Question 15

Gives the blonde and red colors to the hair

Answer 15

Pheomelanin

Question 16

Combination of natural hair that contains both eumelanin and pheomelanin

Answer 16

Mixed melanin

Question 17

Is the varying degrees of warmth exposed during a permanent color or lightening process

Answer 17

Contributing pigment (undertone)

Question 18

Are the colors that are exposed during the lightning process

Answer 18

Undertone

Question 19

Unit of measurement used to identify the lightness or darkness of a color

Answer 19

Level

Question 20

System that colorists used to determine the lightness or darkness of a color

Answer 20

Level system

Question 21

Diameter of each individual hair straight

Answer 21

Texture

Question 22

The number of hair square inch

Answer 22

Density

Question 23

Natural color of the hair

Answer 23

Hair color

Question 24

Is a professional industry term referring to artificial hair color products or services

Answer 24

Haircolor

Question 25

Free form painting/highlighting

Answer 25

Balliage

Question 26

How much hair goes until foil

Answer 26

1/8" part

Question 27

What happens when you overlap line of demarcation with hair lightness

Answer 27

Breakage of the hair

Question 28

Intermediate color achieved by mixing a primary color with its neighboring secondary color and equal amounts

Answer 28

Tertiary color

Question 29

Could be described as warm, cool, or neutral

Answer 29

Tone or hue

Question 30

Used primarily on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale, delicate colors. It also requires a double process

Answer 30

Toners

Question 31

Used to equalize porosity down hair strand

Answer 31

Fillers

Question 32

Haircoloring products fall into two categories

Answer 32

Non-oxidative and oxidative

Question 33

Does not use a developer and is a physical change

Answer 33

Non-oxidative

Question 34

Does use a developer and is a Chemical change

Answer 34

Oxidative

Question 35

What are the two non-oxidative haircolors

Answer 35

Temporary and semi permanent

Question 36

What are the two oxidative haircolors

Answer 36

Demi permanent and permanent

Question 37

It is a non-permanent hair color that has a large pigment molecules that sit on the outside of the cuticle that only lasts one shampoo or shampoo to shampoo

Answer 37

Temporary haircolor

Question 38

Is a no lift deposit only hair color that is not next to the developer that can last through several shampoos. Partially penetrates the cuticle and porosity is a major factor because a can of stain the hair. Only lasts 4 to 6 shampoos

Answer 38

Semi-permanent haircolor

Question 39

Also known as a deposit only haircolor that it's formulated to deposit but not white in color it is mixed with a low volume developer so it only lasts 4 to 6 weeks, it leaves no line of demarcation meaning it fades over time.

Answer 39

Demi-permanent haircolor

Question 40

Lightens and deposit the color in a single step, contains ammonia and is usually fixed with higher volumes of developer lasts until it's completely cut out of the hair and I molecules penetrate the cortex.

Answer 40

Permanent hair color

Question 41

Oxidizing agent that when mixed with an oxidative hair color, supplies necessary oxygen gas to develop the color molecules and create a change and natural hair color

Answer 41

Developers

Question 42

Measures the concentration and the strength of hydrogen peroxide

Answer 42

Volume

Question 43

10 volume developer lightens 20 volume developer lightens 30 volume developer lightens 40 volume developer lightens

Answer 43

One level lighter Two levels lighter Three levels lighter Four levels lighter

Question 44

What are the three primary colors

Answer 44

Blue yellow and red