Milady Chapter 21

What is a professional, industry-coined term referring to artificial haircoloring products and services.

• Dyeing

• Haircolor

• Highlighting

• Coloring

The _____ of the client’s hair and the desired results determine which haircolor to use.

• length

• texture

• color

• structure

The cortex, or middle layer of each hair, gives the hair the majority of its strength and elasticity, and contributes about _____ percent to the overall strength of the hair.

• 20

• 50

• 80

• 99

Hair texture is determined by the diameter of individual hair

• lengths

• color

• strands

• sections

Fine hair takes color faster and can look darker because the melanin granules are grouped

• more loosely

• more tightly

• more scattered

• less tightly

When the cuticle is tight and the hair is resistant, it is difficult for moisture or chemicals to penetrate. What term describes this condition?

• Low porosity

• Average porosity

• High porosity

• Low density

When the cuticle is slightly raised and the hair is normal and processes in an average amount of time, the hair would be said to have

• low porosity

• average porosity

• high porosity

• low density

When the cuticle is lifted and the hair is overly porous and takes color quickly, the hair would be said to have

• low porosity

• average porosity

• high porosity

• low density

What type of melanin gives blond and red colors to the hair?

• Primary

• Eumelanin

• Mixed melanin

• Pheomelanin

What unit of measurement identifies the lightness or darkness of a color, or the saturation, density, or concentration of color?

• Level

• Pigment

• Texture

• Melanin concentration