milady chapter 16 haircolor
What is the darkest haircolor level?
1
When mixing permanent color using a 1:2 ratio, you should pour _____ into the bottle.
1 ounce (30 milliliters) of color and 2 ounces (60 milliliters) of developer
If you are refreshing a client's faded color, you should mix a demipermanent haircolor in the same tonal family as the haircolor formula and allow it to process for up to _____ minutes.
10
When the client is a brunette, to avoid unwanted brassy tones, you should not lighten more than _____ level(s) above the natural color.
2
Developers have a pH between:
2.5 and 4.5
The standard hydrogen peroxide volume used with permanent haircolor is:
20 volume
Clients who have their hair colored usually visit the salon every:
3 to 12 weeks
Traditional semipermanent haircolor lasts about how long?
4 to 6 weeks
When formulating a haircolor, you should always ask all of the following questions EXCEPT:
Which method of bleaching should be used?
Coarse hair strands have _____ diameter.
a large
Cool tones:
absorb more light, so they look deeper than their actual level
The powdered persulfate salts added to haircolor to increase its lightening ability are called:
activators
How many haircolor options should you recommend during the haircolor consultation?
at least 2
Painting lightener directly onto clean, styled hair is called:
balayage
The predominant tone of a color is referred to as the _____ color.
base
For clients who are 80 to 100 percent gray, a haircolor within the _____ range is generally most flattering.
blond
The strongest of the primary colors that also brings depth to any color is:
blue
Which color should you use to balance unwanted orange tones in the hair?
blue
A primary color and a secondary color positioned opposite each other on the color wheel are called:
complementary colors
The varying degrees of warmth exposed during a permanent color or lightening process is called:
contributing pigment
The _____ gives hair the majority of its strength and elasticity.
cortex
When using a lightener, the oxidation process occurs within which layer of the hair?
cortex
The _____ is the outermost layer of the hair.
cuticle
Overlapping when applying color to new growth can result in a line of:
demarcation
A _____ is an oxidizing agent that, when mixed with an oxidation haircolor, supplies the oxygen gas to develop the color molecules and create a change in natural hair color.
developer
What type of melanin gives black and brown color to hair?
eumelanin
A _____ is used to equalize hair porosity.
filler
A _____ is a non-ammonia color that adds shine and tone to the hair.
glaze
Repeated use of metallic haircolors can cause a _____ cast.
green
The melanin granules found in fine hair texture are:
grouped tightly
The first and the most critical part of the color service is the:
haircolor consultation
A _____ is a haircolor service that adds shine and color to the hair.
haircolor glaze
Permed, colored, chemically relaxed, and straightened hair will have what degree of porosity?
high porosity
The most commonly used developer is:
hydrogen peroxide
The strength of a color is called:
intensity
Which of the following does NOT affect the amount of change hair goes through as it lightens?
length of the hair being lightened
The _____ system is used by colorists to determine the lightness or darkness of a hair color.
level
The saturation, density, or concentration of color is referred to as:
level
A(n) _____ is a chemical compound that disperses, dissolves, and decolorizes the natural hair pigment.
lightener
Hair with a tight cuticle that makes it difficult for chemicals and moisture to penetrate has:
low porosity
The technique of coloring hair strands darker than the natural hair color is called:
lowlighting
Which layer of the hair is sometimes absent from the hair?
medulla
Demipermanent haircolor is:
mixed with a low-volume developer
Henna is an example of a _____ haircolor.
natural
The first step in performing a haircolor service is to identify the:
natural level
The hair shaft between the scalp and hair that has been previously colored is called the:
new growth
The mixing bowl selected for the brush-and-bowl color application method must be:
nonmetallic
Which lighteners are considered on-the-scalp lighteners?
oil and cream
Which of these is a warm tone?
orange
Which of these is an example of a secondary color?
orange
A(n) _____ test is used to identify a possible allergy in a client.
patch
Which type of haircolor is used to match, lighten, and cover gray hair?
permanent
The melanin that gives blond and red colors to hair is called:
pheomelanin
What type of change(s) does temporary haircolor make to the hair shaft?
physical
The first step of double-process haircoloring is:
pre-lightening
The process of treating gray or very resistant hair for better penetration of color is called:
pre-softening
Pure or fundamental colors that cannot be created by combining colors are called _____ colors.
primary
Color is described as a property of objects that depends on the light they:
reflect
Natural tones are commonly described as
sandy
A _____ is obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.
secondary
Which types of haircolor are non-oxidative?
semipermanent and temporary
Which method of highlighting involves taking a narrow 1/8-inch section of hair by making a straight part at the scalp, positioning the hair over the foil, and applying lightener or color?
slicing
A(n) _____ is a combination of equal parts of a prepared permanent color mixture and shampoo?
soap cap
A(n) _____ test is performed to determine how the hair will react to the color formula and how long the formula should be left on the hair.
strand
Mixing equal parts of a secondary color and its neighboring primary color results in a:
tertiary color
The diameter of individual hair strands is referred to as hair:
texture
The balance, or the hue, of color seen in the hair is referred to as:
tone
Haircoloring products used on pre-lightened hair to achieve pale and delicate colors are called:
toners
Which type of hair accepts haircolor faster?
very porous
An equal combination of the primary colors blue and red produces:
violet
Yellow blond hair can be corrected to a natural blond by adding what color filler?
violet
What measures the concentration and strength of hydrogen peroxide?
volume
Which color should you use to balance violet tones?
yellow
Which of the following is a primary color?
yellow
Which primary color, when added to other colors, will make the color appear lighter and brighter?
yellow
In the weaving technique, selected strands are picked up using a:
zigzag motion
Permanent haircolors contain uncolored dye precursors called _____.
aniline derivatives
When blue and violet are combined, they create:
blue-violet
Highlighting shampoo colors are prepared by combining _____ haircolor, hydrogen peroxide, and shampoo.
permanent
To create a warm coppery red, you should use a _____ base color
red-orange
