Nail Stucture and Diseases, Color Theory

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  1. 2. A general technical term for any deformity or disease of the natural nail.
  2. 3. Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail.
  3. 6. Darkening of the nails caused by increased pigment (melanocytes).
  4. 8. Edge: The part of the nail plate that extends beyond the fingertip.
  5. 9. The area where the nail plate cells are formed; the "mother" of the nail.
  6. 10. The living skin at the base of the nail plate covering the matrix area.
  7. 11. The thickened layer of skin lying between the fingertip and the free edge.
  8. 12. Colors located next to each other on the color wheel that create harmony.
  9. 14. Bed: The living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge.
  10. 16. The technical term for bitten nails.
  11. 18. A condition where the living skin around the nail plate splits or tears.
  12. 20. The brightness or dullness (saturation) of a color.
  13. 22. The technical medical term for the natural nail.
  14. 23. Lines: Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate.
  15. 25. Colors formed by mixing a primary with its neighboring secondary color.
  16. 26. Plate: The hardened keratin plate that sits on top of the nail bed.
  17. 28. The technical name of a specific color or its position on the wheel.
  18. 30. The lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding.
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  1. 1. The technical term for an ingrown nail.
  2. 4. A color that has been lightened by adding white.
  3. 5. Whitish discolorations or spots usually caused by injury to the matrix.
  4. 7. Colors located directly opposite each other on the wheel that neutralize one another.
  5. 13. A color that has been darkened by adding black.
  6. 15. The measurement of how light or dark a color is.
  7. 17. Pure pigment colors (Red, Yellow, Blue) that cannot be created by mixing others.
  8. 19. The visible part of the matrix that appears as a white half-moon shape.
  9. 21. A fungal infection of the natural nail plate.
  10. 24. Colors created by mixing equal parts of two primary colors (Orange, Green, Violet).
  11. 27. Tough band of fibrous tissue that connects the nail bed and matrix to the bone.
  12. 29. The dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate.