COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD:
HAIRCOLORING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Diameter - answer-in individual hair strands, hair texture is determined by the?
Darker - answer-hair color applied to fine hair may look?
Longer to process - answer-hair coloring services on coarse-textured hair may take:
Low porosity - answer-hair with a tight cuticle resistant to moisture or chemicals is
defined as having?
Eumelanin - answer-the predominant melanin that gives lack or brown color to hair is?
Contributing pigment - answer-pigment that lies under the natural hair color is the?
Level - answer-the lightness or darkness of a color is called the?
Level system - answer-the system used by colorist to analyze the lightness or darkness
of a jair color is the?
1 to 10 - answer-hair color levels are arranged on a scale from?
Motivation - answer-a key factor in determining appropriate hair coloring services is
understanding the client's:
Remain loyal - answer-once a stylist demonstrates the ability to skilfully color a client's
hair, the client will generally?
Structure - answer-in choosing hair color for a client, a determining factor is the hair:
Cortex layer - answer-the layer of the hair that provides strength and elasticity is the?
Cuticle layer - answer-the outermost layer of the hair that protects and provides strength
is the?
Warm neutral and cool - answer-hair color tones can be described as?
Cool colors - answer-colors that absorb light appear darker than their actual level are?
Lighter - answer-warm tones reflect light and may appear?
, Neutral tones - answer-colors that are described as sand or tan are considered?
Natural levels - answer-the first step in performing hair color service is to identify?
Visible light spectrum - answer-colors that we see are contained in the?
Base colors - answer-artificial hair colors are developed from the primary and secondary
color that form
Blue base color - answer-a color that will help minimize orange tones in the hair is a ?
Law of color - answer-a system that is used to understand color relationships is the?
Primary colors - answer-colors that are pure or fundamental and cannot be achieved
from a mixture are?
Yellow blue and red - answer-the primary colors are?
Blue - answer-the darkest and only cool primary color is?
Lighter - answer-red added to blue base colors will cause them to appear?
Tertiary color - answer-a color achieved by mixing a secondary color and its neighboring
primary color is a?
Black - answer-equal proportions of primary colors will produce?
Complementary colors - answer-a primary and a secondary color positioned opposite of
each other on the color wheel are?
Neutralize each other - answer-complementary colors are used in color formulation to?
Neutral colors - answer-a secondary color is obtained by mixing equal parts of two?
Hair lightening - answer-the process of diffusing natural color pigment or artificial color
from the hair is?
Alkalizing ingredient - answer-all permanent hair color products and lighteners contain
an oxidizing agent and an?
Breaks up the melanin - answer-a hair lightening process occurs when the alkaline
peroxide?
Large - answer-temporary color pigment molecules do not penetrate because they are?
4 to 6 weeks - answer-semipermanent hair color on average should last?
HAIRCOLORING EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Diameter - answer-in individual hair strands, hair texture is determined by the?
Darker - answer-hair color applied to fine hair may look?
Longer to process - answer-hair coloring services on coarse-textured hair may take:
Low porosity - answer-hair with a tight cuticle resistant to moisture or chemicals is
defined as having?
Eumelanin - answer-the predominant melanin that gives lack or brown color to hair is?
Contributing pigment - answer-pigment that lies under the natural hair color is the?
Level - answer-the lightness or darkness of a color is called the?
Level system - answer-the system used by colorist to analyze the lightness or darkness
of a jair color is the?
1 to 10 - answer-hair color levels are arranged on a scale from?
Motivation - answer-a key factor in determining appropriate hair coloring services is
understanding the client's:
Remain loyal - answer-once a stylist demonstrates the ability to skilfully color a client's
hair, the client will generally?
Structure - answer-in choosing hair color for a client, a determining factor is the hair:
Cortex layer - answer-the layer of the hair that provides strength and elasticity is the?
Cuticle layer - answer-the outermost layer of the hair that protects and provides strength
is the?
Warm neutral and cool - answer-hair color tones can be described as?
Cool colors - answer-colors that absorb light appear darker than their actual level are?
Lighter - answer-warm tones reflect light and may appear?
, Neutral tones - answer-colors that are described as sand or tan are considered?
Natural levels - answer-the first step in performing hair color service is to identify?
Visible light spectrum - answer-colors that we see are contained in the?
Base colors - answer-artificial hair colors are developed from the primary and secondary
color that form
Blue base color - answer-a color that will help minimize orange tones in the hair is a ?
Law of color - answer-a system that is used to understand color relationships is the?
Primary colors - answer-colors that are pure or fundamental and cannot be achieved
from a mixture are?
Yellow blue and red - answer-the primary colors are?
Blue - answer-the darkest and only cool primary color is?
Lighter - answer-red added to blue base colors will cause them to appear?
Tertiary color - answer-a color achieved by mixing a secondary color and its neighboring
primary color is a?
Black - answer-equal proportions of primary colors will produce?
Complementary colors - answer-a primary and a secondary color positioned opposite of
each other on the color wheel are?
Neutralize each other - answer-complementary colors are used in color formulation to?
Neutral colors - answer-a secondary color is obtained by mixing equal parts of two?
Hair lightening - answer-the process of diffusing natural color pigment or artificial color
from the hair is?
Alkalizing ingredient - answer-all permanent hair color products and lighteners contain
an oxidizing agent and an?
Breaks up the melanin - answer-a hair lightening process occurs when the alkaline
peroxide?
Large - answer-temporary color pigment molecules do not penetrate because they are?
4 to 6 weeks - answer-semipermanent hair color on average should last?
