Hair Properties

Front

What are the tiny grains of pigment in the cortex that give natural color to the hair?

Back

Melanin

Front

What pigment provides natural dark brown to black hair color?

Back

Eumelanin

Front

What pigment provides lighter colors ranging from red to yellow in hair?

Back

Pheomelanin

Front

Eumelanin pigment granules are what shape?

Back

oval

Front

Pheomelanin pigment granules are what shape?

Back

rod or partly oval

Front

What refers to the shape of the hair strand?

Back

Wave Pattern

Front

What is NOT an example of wave pattern? Options: Straight, Curly, Wavy, Flat

Back

Flat

Front

Gray hair contains what kind of melanin?

Back

Scattered

Front

White hair contains what kind of melanin?

Back

None

Front

Which nationality generally has extremely straight hair? Options: Caucasians, Asians, African Americans, Hispanic

Back

Asians