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43 Cards in this Set
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Activator |
An additive used to quicken the action or progress of hydrogen peroxide |
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Aniline Derivatives |
uncolored dye precursors that combine with hydrogen peroxide to form larger, permanent color molecules in the cortex |
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Base color |
The predominant tone of existing color |
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Cap technique |
Lightening technique that involves pulling strands through a perforated cap with a plastic or metal hook |
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Color Fillers |
Tinted products used to even out color processing |
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Complementary Colors |
A primary and secondary color positioned opposite each other on the color wheel. |
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Contributing pigment
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Pigment that lies under the natural hair color that is exposed when the natural color is lightened
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Demipermanent haircolor
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Deposit only hair color product similar to semipermanent but longer lasting
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Developer
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An oxidizing agent, usually hydrogen peroxide, used to developed color
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Double-process haircoloring
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A two step combination of lightening and haircoloring
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Dye removers
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Products used to strip built up color from the hai
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Fillers
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Preparations designed to equalize porosity and/or deposit a base color in one application
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Foil technique
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Highlighting techniques using foil
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Free form technique
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Also known as balyage; the painting of a lightener on clean, styled hair
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Haircoloring
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Industry coined term referring to artificial hair color products and services
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Hair lightening
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The chemical process of diffusing natural or artificial pigment from the hair
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Highlighting
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Coloring or lightening some strands of hair lighter than the natural color
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Hue
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The basic name of a color
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Laws of color
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A system for understanding color relationships
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Level
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Unit of measurement to identify the lightness or darkness of color
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Level system
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System used to analyze the lightness or darkness of a hair color or color product
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Lighteners
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Chemical compounds that lighten hair by dispersing and diffusing natural pigment
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Line of demarcation
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A visible line separating colored hair from new growth
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Low lighting
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Coloring some strands of hair darker than the natural hair color
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Off the scalp lighteners
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Lighteners that cannot be used directly on the scalp
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On the scalp lighteners
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Lighteners that can be used directly on the scalp
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Patch test
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Test for identifying a possible allergy to hair color products
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Permanent hair color
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Hair color that is mixed with a developer and remains in the shaft
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Pre lightening
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The first step of a double process hair coloring; used to lighten natural pigment
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Pre-softening
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Process of treating resistant hair for better color penetration
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Primary colors
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Red, blue, yellow; colors that cannot be achieved from a mixture of other colors
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Progressive colors
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Hair color products that contain compound or metallic dyes, which build up on the hair; not used professionally
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Retouch application
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Application of the product to new growth only
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Secondary colors
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Colors obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors
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Semi permanent hair color
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Deposit only hair color product formulated to last through several shampoos
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Single process hair coloring
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Process that lightens and colors the hair in a single application
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Soap cap
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Equal parts of tint and a shampoo
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Strand test
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The application of a coloring or lightening product to determine how the hair will react to formula and the amount of time it will take to process
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Temporary colors
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Color products that last only from shampoo to shampoo
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Tone
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Term used to describe the warmth or coolness of a color
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Toners
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Semipermanent, demipermanent, or permanent hair color products used primarily on pre-lightend hair to achieve pale and delicate colors
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Virgin application
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The first time the hair is tinted
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Volume
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The measure of the potential oxidation of varying strengths of hydrogen peroxide
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