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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |