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COS CH21
Term | Definition |
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activators | "Also known as boosters |
aniline derivatives | "Contain small |
Baliage | "Also known as free-form technique; painting a lightener (usually a powdered off-the-scalp lightener) directly onto clean |
base color | Predominant tone of a color |
cap technique | "Lightening technique that involves pulling clean |
color fillers | Equalize porosity and deposit color in one application to provide a uniform contributing pigment on pre-lightened hair. |
complementary colors | A primary and secondary color positioned directly opposite each other on the color wheel. |
conditioner fillers | "Used to recondition damaged |
contributing pigment | Also known as undertone; the varying degrees of warmth exposed during a permanent color or lightening process. |
demipermanent haircolor | Also known as no-lift deposit-only color; formulated to deposit but not lift (lighten) natural hair color. |
developers | "Also known as oxidizing agents or catalysts; when mixed with an oxidation haircolor |
double-process application | Also known as two-step coloring; a coloring technique requiring two separate procedures in which the hair is pre-lightened before the depositing color is applied to the hair. |
fillers | Used to equalize porosity. |
foil technique | "Highlighting technique that involves coloring selected strands of hair by slicing or weaving out sections |
glaze | A non-ammonia color that adds shine and tone to the hair. |
hair color | (two words) The natural color of hair. |
haircolor | "(one word) A professional |
haircolor glaze | Common way to describe a haircolor service that adds shine and color to the hair. |
hair lightening | Also known as bleaching or decolorizing; chemical process involving the diffusion of the natural hair color pigment or artificial haircolor from the hair. |
highlighting | Coloring some of the hair strands lighter than the natural color to add a variety of lighter shades and the illusion of depth. |
highlighting shampoo | "Colors prepared by combining permanent haircolor |
hydrogen peroxide developer | "Oxidizing agent that |
intensity | The strength of a color. |
law of color | System for understanding color relationships. |
soap cap | Combination of equal parts of a prepared permanent color mixture and shampoo used the last five minutes and worked through the hair to refresh the ends. |
special effects haircoloring | Any technique that involves partial lightening or coloring. |
stand test | Determines how the hair will react to the color formula and how long the formula should be left on the hair. |
temporary haircolor | "Nonpermanent color whose large pigment molecules prevent penetration of the cuticle layer |
tertiary color | Intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary color and its neighboring primary color on the color wheel in equal amounts. |
tone | Also known as hue; the balance of color. |
toners | "Semipermanent |
virgin application | First time the hair is colored. |
volume | Measures the concentration and strength of hydrogen peroxide. |
weaving | "Coloring technique in which selected strands are picked up from a narrow section of hair with a zigzag motion of the comb |
level | The unit of measurement used to identify the lightness or darkness of a color. |
level system | System that colorists use to determine the lightness or darkness of a hair color. |
lighteners | "Chemical compounds that lighten hair by dispersing |
line of demarcation | Visible line separating colored hair from new growth. |
metallic haircolors | "Also known as progressive haircolors; haircolors containing metal salts that change hair color gradually by progressive buildup and exposure to air creating a dull |
mixed melanin | Combination of natural hair color that contains both pheomelanin and eumelanin. |
natural haircolors | "Also known as vegetable haircolors; colors |
new growth | Part of the hair shaft between the scalp and the hair that has been previously colored. |
off-the-scalp lighteners | Also known as quick lighteners; powdered lighteners that cannot be used directly on the scalp. |
on-the-scalp lighteners | Lighteners that can be used directly on the scalp by mixing the lightener with activators. |
patch test | "Also known as a predisposition test; test required by the Federal Food |
permanent haircolors | "Lighten and deposit color at the same time and in a single process because they are more alkaline than no-lift |
pre-lightening | First step of double-process haircoloring; used to lift or lighten the natural pigment before the application of toner. |
pre-softening | Process of treating gray or very resistant hair to allow for better penetration of color. |
primary colors | "Pure or fundamental colors (red |
resistant | Hair type that is difficult for moisture or chemicals to penetrate and thus requires a longer processing time. |
reverse highlighting | Also known as lowlighting; technique of coloring strands of hair darker than the natural color. |
secondary color | Color obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors. |
semipermanent haircolor | "No-lift |
single-process haircoloring | Process that lightens and deposits color in the hair in a single application. |
slicing | "Coloring technique that involves taking a narrow |