AAMI Color and Cosmetics Glossary Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
Abrasion - Answers antemortem and/or postmortem injuries resulting from friction of the skin against a
firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis.
Absorption - Answers the process of taking in, as in a colored object which absorbs certain rays of light
and reflects other rays giving the object its recognizable color. An apple is called red if the red rays are
reflected and the other rays in the light are absorbed
Achromatic color - Answers a color not found in the visible spectrum; a neutral color such as white,
black, gray, and silver and gold (for decorative purposes).
Additive method - Answers a process of mixing colored lights on a surface on which the wave lengths of
each are combined; adding two or more colored lights together to create another color of light.
Aerosol - Answers a colloidal solution dispensed as a mist.
After-image - Answers psychological; a visual impression remaining after the stimulus has been
removed.
Airbrush - Answers a pressured atomizer utilized for spraying liquid paint or cosmetic upon a surface.
Analogous - Answers in color harmony, two or more hues which have the same hue in common.
Antemortem - Answers before death.
Base - Answers (1) in cosmetology, the vehicle in a cosmetic (oil base); the initial application of cream or
cosmetic; (2) the lower part of anything, the supporting part.
Basic pigment - Answers white, yellow, red, and brown; four hues which correspond to the pigments of
the skin.
Black - Answers an achromatic color; the absence of all color in pigmentation.
Blanch - Answers to whiten by removing color; to make pale.
Bleach - Answers a chemical which lightens or blanches skin discolorations.
Bleaching - Answers the act of lightening a discoloration by hypodermic means or by surface compress.
Bleed - Answers color which escapes at the edge of a mixture.
Blend - Answers to mix or intermingle colors smoothly; to make a gradual change from one color to
another.
Blonde - Answers light yellow in coloration; a term commonly employed to describe hair color.
, Brilliance - Answers brightness; in colored illumination, the quantity of illumination passing through a
color transparency.
Bronze - Answers brown or copper-like in coloration.
Brown - Answers the color of tanned leather.
Brunette - Answers dark brown in coloration; a term commonly employed to describe hair color.
Bruise - Answers (ecchymosis) an injury caused by a blow without laceration; a contusion.
Cake - Answers in cosmetology, a compressed powder.
Carmine - Answers (crimson) purple-red in coloration.
Carotene - Answers the yellow pigment of the skin.
Chromatic color - Answers a color having hue; a color of the visible spectrum.
Colloid - Answers a suspension of pigments in a liquid vehicle bound together in such a manner that
there is no separation of particles.
Color - Answers a visual sensation perceived by the eye and the mind due to the activity and vibration of
light.
Colorant - Answers in cosmetology, a substance used to impart color to an object; dye, pigment, ink, or
paint.
Colored filter - Answers colored glass, gelatin, or other substances which transmit light of certain wave
lengths while absorbing the others.
Colored light - Answers illumination of an identifiable hue.
Color Wheel - Answers a circle in which the primary, secondary, and intermediate hues are arranged in
orderly intervals.
Complements - Answers directly opposite hues on the color wheel; any two pigmentary hues which, by
their mixture in equal quantities, produce gray.
Complexion - Answers the color and texture of the skin, especially that of the face.
Component - Answers forming a part or ingredient.
Contusion - Answers a bruise.
Conversion - Answers the color of an object being converted or completely destroyed when one color of
illumination strikes an object of a completely different color.
Abrasion - Answers antemortem and/or postmortem injuries resulting from friction of the skin against a
firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis.
Absorption - Answers the process of taking in, as in a colored object which absorbs certain rays of light
and reflects other rays giving the object its recognizable color. An apple is called red if the red rays are
reflected and the other rays in the light are absorbed
Achromatic color - Answers a color not found in the visible spectrum; a neutral color such as white,
black, gray, and silver and gold (for decorative purposes).
Additive method - Answers a process of mixing colored lights on a surface on which the wave lengths of
each are combined; adding two or more colored lights together to create another color of light.
Aerosol - Answers a colloidal solution dispensed as a mist.
After-image - Answers psychological; a visual impression remaining after the stimulus has been
removed.
Airbrush - Answers a pressured atomizer utilized for spraying liquid paint or cosmetic upon a surface.
Analogous - Answers in color harmony, two or more hues which have the same hue in common.
Antemortem - Answers before death.
Base - Answers (1) in cosmetology, the vehicle in a cosmetic (oil base); the initial application of cream or
cosmetic; (2) the lower part of anything, the supporting part.
Basic pigment - Answers white, yellow, red, and brown; four hues which correspond to the pigments of
the skin.
Black - Answers an achromatic color; the absence of all color in pigmentation.
Blanch - Answers to whiten by removing color; to make pale.
Bleach - Answers a chemical which lightens or blanches skin discolorations.
Bleaching - Answers the act of lightening a discoloration by hypodermic means or by surface compress.
Bleed - Answers color which escapes at the edge of a mixture.
Blend - Answers to mix or intermingle colors smoothly; to make a gradual change from one color to
another.
Blonde - Answers light yellow in coloration; a term commonly employed to describe hair color.
, Brilliance - Answers brightness; in colored illumination, the quantity of illumination passing through a
color transparency.
Bronze - Answers brown or copper-like in coloration.
Brown - Answers the color of tanned leather.
Brunette - Answers dark brown in coloration; a term commonly employed to describe hair color.
Bruise - Answers (ecchymosis) an injury caused by a blow without laceration; a contusion.
Cake - Answers in cosmetology, a compressed powder.
Carmine - Answers (crimson) purple-red in coloration.
Carotene - Answers the yellow pigment of the skin.
Chromatic color - Answers a color having hue; a color of the visible spectrum.
Colloid - Answers a suspension of pigments in a liquid vehicle bound together in such a manner that
there is no separation of particles.
Color - Answers a visual sensation perceived by the eye and the mind due to the activity and vibration of
light.
Colorant - Answers in cosmetology, a substance used to impart color to an object; dye, pigment, ink, or
paint.
Colored filter - Answers colored glass, gelatin, or other substances which transmit light of certain wave
lengths while absorbing the others.
Colored light - Answers illumination of an identifiable hue.
Color Wheel - Answers a circle in which the primary, secondary, and intermediate hues are arranged in
orderly intervals.
Complements - Answers directly opposite hues on the color wheel; any two pigmentary hues which, by
their mixture in equal quantities, produce gray.
Complexion - Answers the color and texture of the skin, especially that of the face.
Component - Answers forming a part or ingredient.
Contusion - Answers a bruise.
Conversion - Answers the color of an object being converted or completely destroyed when one color of
illumination strikes an object of a completely different color.
