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If you're looking to change your hair color and find yourself gazing at the color chart, wondering why each sample has different symbols, Mytour is here today to help you understand more about the hair dye color chart.
1. Rule of Hair Color Mixing.
In reality, all the colors you see are created from three main basic colors: Red - Yellow - Blue.
And the rule of color mixing is: Base Color → Second Color → Supplementary Color
Dye artists rely on three main colors to create the second layer, including Orange - Purple - and Green (foliage)
From the second layer, we can create over a thousand supplementary colors. Currently, there are more than 3000 hues derived from these three basic colors. That's truly an enormous number. In theory, we have two main color tones:
Cool tones: blue, purple, and green or colors dominated by green pigments.
Warm tones: red, orange, and yellow, or colors dominated by yellow and red pigments.
2. Deciphering the Color Chart Codes
In a color chart, experts often use terms like light and dark and assign symbols to them. You can understand the parameters on the color chart, usually represented by 3 numbers. For example, 2.35; 7.33; 4.4; 6.2.5… where:
- The first number indicates the intensity of the hair dye color, the lightness or darkness level.
The intensity of the hair dye is rated from 1 to 10. The smaller the number, the darker/richer the color. This is a universal convention for all professional hair dyes.
- The second number: The primary tone of the hair dye color chart.
Just by looking at this number, you can identify the primary tone of your color. It determines whether the shade falls into the warm or cool spectrum.
Cool tone:
0: Natural Shade
1: Ash Color
2: Purple Hue
Warm Tone:
3: Yellow Shade
4: Copper Tone
5: Reddish Brown
6: Bold Red
7: Green Shade
8: Mocha Brown
- The third number: The undertone of the color chart.
The final displayed number represents the undertone of the dye. It acts as a complementary hue to the primary tone. The undertone shares the same parameters with the primary tone.
For instance, if you decide to dye with color 8.32, it will be a bright yellow with the primary tone being yellow and the undertone being purple.
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