Colouring Flashcards
3 major components of hair?
- Cortex
- Cuticle
- Medulla
Define “Porosity”
The ability to adsorb moisture
Define “Texture”
Fine, medium, coarse
Define “Density”
Number of hairs per square inch
Define “intensity”
Strength of colour
Define “Cortex”
Middle layer of the hair, located directly beneath the cuticle layer
Define “Cuticle”
The most outer layer of the hair shaft
Primary Colour wheel?
Red, yellow, blue
2 classification of hair colour?
- Non-oxidative
* Oxidative
Secondary colour wheel?
Orange, green, violet
Tertiary colour wheel?
Blue-green, blue-violet, red-orange, Yellow-orange, yellow-green
Complementary colour wheel?
Blue and orange, red and green, yellow and violet
Colours that neutralize each other are?
• Complimentary
Leveling system?
- Lightest blond
- Very light blond
- Light blond
- Medium blond
- dark blond
- lightest brown
- light brown
- medium brown
- Dark brown
- Black
How to determine the level of someone’s hair?
- Take a 1/2 square section in the crown area and hold it up
- Using the natural level finder swatches from the manufacturer select the swatch that best matches
- Move the swatch from the scalp area along the hair strand
- Determine the natural level