MILADY STANDARD BARBERING MAIN EXAMINATION
SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Patch test - ✔✔Test for identifying a possible allergy to aniline derivative products;
required by FDA 24 to 48 hours before the application of the product.
✔✔Permanent haircolor - ✔✔Oxidative haircolor product that lighten and deposit color
at the same time and in a single process because they are more alkaline than no-lift,
deposit-only colors and are usually mixed with a higher-volume developer.
✔✔Pre-lightening - ✔✔The first step of a double-process haircoloring; used to lighten
natural pigment.
✔✔Pre-softening - ✔✔Process of treating resistant hair for better color penetration.
✔✔Primary colors - ✔✔Red, blue, and yellow; colors that cannot be achieved from a
mixture of other colors
✔✔Progressive colors - ✔✔haircolor products that contain compound or metallic dyes,
which build up on the hair; not used professionally
✔✔Retouch application - ✔✔Application of the product to new growth only
✔✔Saturation - ✔✔Refers to the degree of concentration or amount of pigment in the
color. It is the strength of a color.
✔✔Secondary color - ✔✔Orange, green, and violet; Color obtained by mixing equal
parts of two primary colors.
✔✔Semipermanent haircolor - ✔✔Nonoxidative, no lift, deposit-only haircolor product
formulated to last through six to eight shampoos. Washes out or fades within a few
weeks.
✔✔Single-process haircoloring - ✔✔Process that lightens and deposits color in the hair
in a single application.
✔✔Soap cap - ✔✔A combination of equal parts of a permanent haircolor, hydrogen
peroxide, and shampoo that is applied like a regular shampoo.
✔✔Strand test - ✔✔The application of a coloring or lightening product to determine how
the hair will react to the formula and the amount of time it will take to process.
✔✔Temporary colors - ✔✔Color product that last only from shampoo to shampoo.
, ✔✔Tertiary Colors (Quaternary colors) - ✔✔Blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-
orange, yellow-green, yellow-orange; created by mixing equal amounts of one primary
color with one of its adjacent secondary colors.
✔✔Tone - ✔✔Term used to describe the warmth or coolness of a color.
✔✔Toners - ✔✔Semipermanent, demipermanent, or permanent haircolor products used
primarily on pre-lightend hair to achieve pale and delicate colors.
✔✔Tint back - ✔✔The process of coloring hair back to its natural color (or close to its
natural color). Keep in mind, previously processed hair will be more porous and may
process darker than intended.
✔✔Virgin application - ✔✔The first time the hair is tinted or lighted.
✔✔Volume - ✔✔The measure of the potential oxidation of varying strengths of
hydrogen peroxide.
✔✔Elasticity - ✔✔An indication of the strength of the cortex, including cross bonds and
melanin molecules.
✔✔Texture - ✔✔The diameter of an individual hair strand determines whether the hair
texture is classified as fine, medium, or coarse.
✔✔Density - ✔✔Refers to the number of hairs per square inch on the scalp.
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔The hair's ability to absorb moisture.
✔✔Natural Hair Color - ✔✔The colors ranging from black to dark brown to red, and from
dark blond to lightest blond.
✔✔Contributing pigment (undertone) - ✔✔The pigment that lies under the natural hair
color.
✔✔Normal elasticity - ✔✔Is indicated by wet hair that can stretch up to 50 percent of its
original length and return to that length without breaking.
✔✔low elasticity - ✔✔Is indicated by wet hair that does not return to its original length
when stretched.
✔✔Fine hair - ✔✔Has melanin granules grouped tightly, so the hair takes color faster
and may appear darker.
✔✔Medium textured hair - ✔✔Has an average response time to haircolor products.
SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Patch test - ✔✔Test for identifying a possible allergy to aniline derivative products;
required by FDA 24 to 48 hours before the application of the product.
✔✔Permanent haircolor - ✔✔Oxidative haircolor product that lighten and deposit color
at the same time and in a single process because they are more alkaline than no-lift,
deposit-only colors and are usually mixed with a higher-volume developer.
✔✔Pre-lightening - ✔✔The first step of a double-process haircoloring; used to lighten
natural pigment.
✔✔Pre-softening - ✔✔Process of treating resistant hair for better color penetration.
✔✔Primary colors - ✔✔Red, blue, and yellow; colors that cannot be achieved from a
mixture of other colors
✔✔Progressive colors - ✔✔haircolor products that contain compound or metallic dyes,
which build up on the hair; not used professionally
✔✔Retouch application - ✔✔Application of the product to new growth only
✔✔Saturation - ✔✔Refers to the degree of concentration or amount of pigment in the
color. It is the strength of a color.
✔✔Secondary color - ✔✔Orange, green, and violet; Color obtained by mixing equal
parts of two primary colors.
✔✔Semipermanent haircolor - ✔✔Nonoxidative, no lift, deposit-only haircolor product
formulated to last through six to eight shampoos. Washes out or fades within a few
weeks.
✔✔Single-process haircoloring - ✔✔Process that lightens and deposits color in the hair
in a single application.
✔✔Soap cap - ✔✔A combination of equal parts of a permanent haircolor, hydrogen
peroxide, and shampoo that is applied like a regular shampoo.
✔✔Strand test - ✔✔The application of a coloring or lightening product to determine how
the hair will react to the formula and the amount of time it will take to process.
✔✔Temporary colors - ✔✔Color product that last only from shampoo to shampoo.
, ✔✔Tertiary Colors (Quaternary colors) - ✔✔Blue-green, blue-violet, red-violet, red-
orange, yellow-green, yellow-orange; created by mixing equal amounts of one primary
color with one of its adjacent secondary colors.
✔✔Tone - ✔✔Term used to describe the warmth or coolness of a color.
✔✔Toners - ✔✔Semipermanent, demipermanent, or permanent haircolor products used
primarily on pre-lightend hair to achieve pale and delicate colors.
✔✔Tint back - ✔✔The process of coloring hair back to its natural color (or close to its
natural color). Keep in mind, previously processed hair will be more porous and may
process darker than intended.
✔✔Virgin application - ✔✔The first time the hair is tinted or lighted.
✔✔Volume - ✔✔The measure of the potential oxidation of varying strengths of
hydrogen peroxide.
✔✔Elasticity - ✔✔An indication of the strength of the cortex, including cross bonds and
melanin molecules.
✔✔Texture - ✔✔The diameter of an individual hair strand determines whether the hair
texture is classified as fine, medium, or coarse.
✔✔Density - ✔✔Refers to the number of hairs per square inch on the scalp.
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔The hair's ability to absorb moisture.
✔✔Natural Hair Color - ✔✔The colors ranging from black to dark brown to red, and from
dark blond to lightest blond.
✔✔Contributing pigment (undertone) - ✔✔The pigment that lies under the natural hair
color.
✔✔Normal elasticity - ✔✔Is indicated by wet hair that can stretch up to 50 percent of its
original length and return to that length without breaking.
✔✔low elasticity - ✔✔Is indicated by wet hair that does not return to its original length
when stretched.
✔✔Fine hair - ✔✔Has melanin granules grouped tightly, so the hair takes color faster
and may appear darker.
✔✔Medium textured hair - ✔✔Has an average response time to haircolor products.
