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Using Colour Charts A colour chart shows you different colours the depths and shades. These colour charts are used internationally The first colours you will see, on the left hand side are the different depths of light and dark hair. If you are considering having a colour you will need to determine the depth of your hair colour. At the top will be light colour and the bottom dark, it starts from 10 which is the lightest colour, going down the chart it gets darker to number 1. Going across the colour chart shows you the different shades you can achieve. For example number 6 will be a light brown, across from that number will be the same depth, a light brown with different shades mixed with it. There will be a light red brown, a light violet brown, a light golden brown. This will be the same for every colour on there. The most commonly used colours are 10 which is the brightest blonde, this colour can only be acheived on natural hair, having no colours already on the hair. Other favourites are No.5 & No.6 which are shades of brown, you can acheive different hues in these colours, i:e, a hint of violet, or a hint of gold by chosint the base colour (5 or 6) and dependant on the make of the colour usually followed by point something, 5.6, 6.7 etc. this should enable you to select with the help of your hairdresser to select the specific colour you are looking for. The colour star On every colour chart will be a colour wheel or star. It includes the primary colours and secondary colours, primary being red, blue and yellow; secondary being orange, purple and green. The secondary colours are acheived by mixing the primary colours together. This is very much like the basic colour chart in art. mix blue and yellow and make green, the kind of stuff we all did in primary school. This is very much the same principle. On the wheel or star; green and red are opposite, blue and orange are opposite and purple and yellow are opposite. Each of the opposite colours neutralise each other. This enables that if your hair reacts to a specific colour and turns lets say, green, your hairdresser would apply a red colour, this may seem a little odd but this will take the green colour out of your hair. As some people like to experiement at home with colours, if you every find yourself with a strange shade and are unsure of how to deal with it, I would suggest you invest in a phone call or e mail and seek professional advice. It is the same on our hair, not quite as simple but the same rules apply. Colouring of the hair may seem like a complicated business, which it can be. Once the basics of the techniques are mastered then you can create any colour on the hair. Just bear in mind that too much colourant on the hair can be damaging if not cared for and maintained regularly. Once the hair has been coloured, it usually takes much more maintenance of keeping the colouring up, covering new growth, and covering over unwanted colours. Once the hair has been coloured it may take some maintenance and visits to your stylist to remove an unwanted colour, or just to keep up covering new growth. |
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