front 1 Weaving | back 1 involves taking 1/8th inch (0.3 cm) hair sections by making a straight part at the scalp, then separating select strands using a tail comb to go in and out of the section; lightener or color is applied only to those strands. |
front 2 Tertiary Color | back 2 intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary color and its neighboring primary color on the color wheel in equal amounts. |
front 3 Hair Color | back 3 (two words) natural color of hair. |
front 4 Tone | back 4 AKA tonality, refers to color balance. |
front 5 Aniline Derivatives | back 5 contain small, uncolored dyes that combine with hydrogen peroxide to form larger, permanent dye molecules within the cortex. |
front 6 Intensity | back 6 the strength of a color |
front 7 Permanent Haircolors | back 7 lighten and deposit color at the same time and in a single process because they are more alkaline than demipermanent colors and are usually mixed with a higher-volume developer. |
front 8 Toners | back 8 permanent haircolor products mixed with a low-volume developer that are used primarily on prelightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors. |
front 9 Natural-Based Haircolors | back 9 AKA vegetable-dye haircolors; colors, such as henna, obtained from the leave or bark of plants. |
front 10 Haircolor | back 10 (one word) professional, industry-coined term referring to artificial haircolor products and services. |
front 11 Color Wheel | back 11 a chart, usually circular, used as a tool that visually represents the relationships between colors; shows harmonizing and contrasting colors and illustrates the rules and guidelines of color theory. |
front 12 Metallic Haircolor | back 12 AKA progressive haircolor; haircolor containing metal salts that change hair color gradually by progressive buildup and exposure to air creating a dull, metallic appearance. |
front 13 Conditioner Fillers | back 13 recondition and equalize porosity on damaged hair; they condition, strengthen, help extend haircolor longevity, and make the haircolor formulation cover hair evenly from scalp to ends. |
front 14 Color Fillers | back 14 equalize porosity and deposit color in one application to provide a uniform contributing pigment that supports the desired finished haircolor. |
front 15 Highlighting | back 15 refers to any technique that involves partial lightening or coloring, coloring some of the hair strands lighter the natural color to add a variety of lighter shades and the illusion of depth. |
front 16 Hydrogen Peroxide | back 16 H2O2, oxidizing agent that, when mixed with an oxidative haircolor, supplies the necessary oxygen gas to develop the color molecules and create a change in natural hair color. |
front 17 Developers | back 17 AKA oxidizing agents or catalysts; have a pH between 2.5 and 4.5, when mixed with an oxidative haircolor, supplies the necessary oxygen gas to develop color molecules and create a change in hair color. |
front 18 Foil Technique | back 18 highlighting technique that involves coloring selected hair strands by slicing or weaving out sections, placing them on foil, applying lightener or haircolor, and then sealing them in the foil for processing. |
front 19 Semipermanent Haircolor | back 19 deposit-only haircolor that is not mixed with a developer and is formulated to last through several shampoos. |
front 20 Complementary Colors | back 20 primary and secondary color positioned directly opposite each other on the color wheel |
front 21 Double-Process Haircoloring | back 21 AKA two-step blonding or double-process blonding; coloring technique requiring two separate procedures in which the hair is pre-lightened before the depositing color is applied to the hair. |
front 22 New Growth | back 22 AKA regrowth; part of the hair shaft between the scalp and previously colored hair. |
front 23 Demipermanent Haircolor | back 23 formulated to deposit but not lift (lighten) natural hair color; haircolors meant to deepen or change the tone of natural hair color; two types include acidic and alkaline. |
front 24 Strand Test | back 24 determines how the hair will react to the color formula and how long the formula should be left on the hair. |
front 25 Line of Demarcation | back 25 visible line separating colored hair from new growth. |
front 26 Off-Scalp Lighteners | back 26 strong and fast-acting lighteners; powdered clay lighteners that cannot be used directly on the scalp; oil, cream, and some powder lighteners considered (if specified by the manufacturer). |
front 27 Slicing | back 27 coloring technique that involves taking a narrow, 1/8th inch (0.3 cm) hair sections by making a straight part at the scalp, positioning the hair over the foil, and applying lightener or color. |
front 28 Activators | back 28 AKA boosters, protinators, or accelerators; powdered persulfate salts added to powder lightener to increase its lightening ability. |
front 29 Law of Color | back 29 system for understanding color relationships. |
front 30 Soap Cap | back 30 a common industry practice used to refresh permanent haircolor; involves using a combination of equal parts of a prepared permanent color mixture and shampoo and worked through the hair during the last five minutes of the service. |
front 31 On-Scalp Lighteners | back 31 lighteners that can be used directly on the scalp by mixing the lightener with activators. |
front 32 Secondary Color | back 32 color obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors. |
front 33 Volume | back 33 measures the concentration and strength of hydrogen peroxide. |
front 34 Base Color | back 34 predominant tone of a color. |
front 35 Gloss | back 35 hair treatment and product that contains oxidative dyes and designed to add extreme shine to hair. |
front 36 Level System | back 36 measurement system that colorists use to determine the lightness or darkness of artificial and natural hair color. |
front 37 Contributing Pigment | back 37 AKA undertone; the varying degrees of warmth exposed during a permanent color or lightening process. |
front 38 Strand Test | back 38 determines how the hair will react to the color formula and how long the formula should be left on the hair. |
front 39 Glaze | back 39 or haircolor glaze; describes a haircolor service that adds shine, warmth, and color to the hair. |
front 40 Temporary Haircolors | back 40 nonoxidative haircolors that make only a physical change - not a chemical change - on the hair shaft. this nonpermanent haircolor has large pigment molecules that only deposit a coating of haircolor on the cortex, which may be removed by shampooing the hair. |
front 41 Balayage | back 41 AKA free-form technique or free-style hair painting; painting lightener (usually a powdered or clay off-the-scalp lightener) directly onto clean, dry hair for a more natural-looking highlight. |
front 42 Pre-Lightening | back 42 first step of double-process haircoloring; used to lift or lighten the natural pigment before the toner application. |
front 43 Single-Process Haircoloring | back 43 process that lightens or deposits color in the hair in a single application. |
front 44 Lightener | back 44 AKA bleach or decolorizer; chemical compounds that lighten hair by dispersing, dissolving, and decolorizing the natural hair pigment. |
front 45 Lowlighting | back 45 technique of coloring strands of hair darker than the natural color. |