Color Class Review
Across
- 3. An oxidizing agent, most frequently hydrogen peroxide, at an acidic pH level that is mixed with oxidative hair colors and lighteners to decolorize hair, increase porosity and develop color molecules.
- 7. Color that contains very little or no ammonia and deposits color or adds tone to the hair; uses a low-volume peroxide to develop the color molecules and aids in the color processing; also referred to as long-lasting semi-permanent hair color.
- 10. A test used to see if a client has a negative or positive allergic reaction to a chemical product is called a _____ or predisposition test; required 24-48 hours prior to aniline derivative tints.
- 12. Dimensional color technique that lightens only the ends of the hair.
- 18. In hair coloring, the predominant tone that identifies the warmth or coolness of a color is called the ____ color.
- 20. Yellow, red & blue are _______ colors; cannot be created by mixing together any other colors; pure colors.
- 21. Hair color that adds pigment but does not lighten the existing hair color is known as ____________ color.
- 23. A Preliminary ______ Test is a process used to determine proper color formulation.
- 24. Coloring the hair back to its natural color is called a ____ back.
- 26. The visual perception of the reflection of light.
- 29. Nonoxidative hair color; non-reactive, direct dyes also known as color rinses used to create temporary changes; lasts from shampoo to shampoo; no chemicals are needed to develop them.
- 32. Strong alkaline solution that enables an oxidative color product to decolorize hair pigment and develop new color.
- 33. Products used to decolorize, remove or diffuse pigment; utilizes ingredients, such as ammonia and peroxide, to facilitate the oxidation process.
- 35. A protein that accounts for 97% of the makeup of hair.
- 36. Pigment that gives skin and hair their color.
- 40. Also known as value or depth; the degree of lightness or darkness of a hair color relative to itself and others.
- 42. Type of melanin(red/yellow pigment); a dense concentration produces red hair.
- 43. The Virgin _______ Technique is a midstrand-to-ends-then-base application used to lighten existing hair color.
- 44. Technique using the tail comb to weave out selected strands in an alternating pattern; the resulting woven strand can be classified as fine, medium or thick.
- 45. A Line of ___________ is an obvious difference between two colors along the hairstrand; can be a result of new growth or overlapping product onto previously colortreated hair.
- 46. Bundles of melanocytes that rest near the hair bulb’s nourishment center, the dermal papilla.
- 50. Design principle in which all units are similar but gradually change in an ascending or descending scale; leads the eye rhythmically within a design; a gradual change in color in an ascending or descending scale.
- 51. Product that provides an even base color by filling in porous, damaged or abused areas with materials, such as protein or polymers; equalizes the porosity of the hair and deposits a base color in one application.
- 53. Central core of the hair shaft; often absent in fine or very fine hair.
- 54. The addition of color pigment to darken or add tone to the hair.
- 55. Either the client’s naturally present melanin, or a combination of this melanin, and any previously applied artificial color remaining on the hair is referred to as the ____________ pigment.
- 56. A ____-____ tint is a color with the ability to lift natural melanin 3-5 levels and deposit delicate tones; single-process color with a higher egret of lightening action and minimum amount of color deposit.
- 59. A technique by which selected woven or sliced strands of hair are lightened.
- 60. Design principle in which desirable relationships of opposites occur; creates a variety and stimulates interest in a design; colors that are either warm or cool or at least three levels apart.
- 61. A color_____ is a tool in which the 12 colors are positioned in a circle, allowing any mixed color to be described in relation to the primary colors.
- 64. A light pastel color used to add warmth or coolness to prelightened hair; used to deposit color and neutralize unwanted pigment, such as brassy golds or yellows.
- 65. Implement used to measure the strength (volume) of hydrogen peroxide.
- 66. The ability of the hair to absorb and hold moisture, liquids and chemicals; can be classified as average, resistant, extreme or uneven.
Down
- 1. The process whereby cells change their shape, dry out and form keratin protein.
- 2. Degree of coarseness or fineness in the hair fiber and whether the hair strand is straight, wavy, curly or tightly curled; Hair’s surface appearance can be unactivated (smooth) or activated (rough).
- 4. Technique used to isolate straight partings to be treated with color or lightener.
- 5. Hair color that deposits color and cannot lighten the hair; direct-dye color that needs no mixing; generally last through several shampoos, depending on the porosity of the hair.
- 6. Process of lightening the hair’s natural pigment.
- 8. Undiluted color that can be added to any oxidative or nonoxidative color to enrich, or intensify, or occasionally tone down a color.
- 9. Colors that contain all three primary colors are considered _______; neither warm nor cool tones are exhibited.
- 11. A term used to describe colors with an absence of warmth.
- 13. Infection control method that kills certain but not all microbes.
- 14. A method of highlighting or lowlighting, using foil to isolate the strands of hair to be lightened, colored or protected with conditioner.
- 15. Most common vegetable dye; natural color product that produces reddish hues and highlights in the hair.
- 16. A _______ cream is used to avoid staining and to protect the client’s skin; also used to protect hair to remain untreated.
- 17. ___________ coloring involves the positioning of highlights and/or lowlights on the surface of the hair or to selected strands to create special effects.
- 19. Outer covering of the hair shaft.
- 22. Design principle that is a sequential repetition where two or more units occur in a repeating pattern; can break up the surface of an object and create interest.
- 25. The two-step hair color process that involves lightening(decolorizing) the hair first and then adding color (recolorizing) the hair to achieve desired results is called a ______-_______ Blonde Technique.
- 27. Hair colors that need to be mixed with developers (oxidants) are called _________ colors; deposit color, or lift (lighten) and deposit color in a single-color process.
- 28. Colors found opposite one another on the color wheel; they neutralize or cancel out one another when mixed together.
- 30. The second layer of the hair fiber consisting of unique protein structures; gives hair most of its pigment and strength (elasticity).
- 31. Type of melanin (black pigment); a dense concentration will produce very dark hair; a small concentration will produce light (blonde) hair.
- 34. The Virgin ______ Technique is a base-to-ends color application used to add tone to or darken the existing color along the hairstrand.
- 37. 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.
- 38. Subdivide the head into multiple areas, called _____, to create a color design with a combination of colors.
- 39. ________ dyes are a combination of metallic and vegetable dyes.
- 41. Pigment-producing cells that exist among the dividing cells within the hair bulb.
- 47. Color design step that divides the hair into workable areas for control and color placement.
- 48. Hair color that penetrates the cuticle and cortex and remains on the hair until removed by chemical means, or hair grows out and is cut off.
- 49. A _______ application is an application of color or lightener to the new growth of hair only to match the existing color.
- 50. Color process used when the amount of desired lift is not possible with a single-process color.
- 52. Colors created by mixing primary colors with their neighboring secondary color in varying proportions.
- 57. A technique by which selected woven or sliced strands of hair are darkened.
- 58. Colors that result when primary colors are mixed in varying proportions.
- 60. A type of on-the-scalp lightener that contains conditioners to make it more gentle.
- 62. Refers to the vividness, brightness or saturation of a color within its own level; strength of the tone.
- 63. ________ painting is a technique in which a brush is used to strategically position color or lightener on parts of the hair; also known as freehand painting.