If you color your hairat home , we are sure that more than once you will have doubted which is the best option. You will also have seen that there are some numbers and you will have wondered what exactly they refer to. Today we explain in detail any aspect related to dyes.
The numbering of hair dyes.
Hair dyes have a numerical codemade up of 3 numbers . It will help us to know the level of tone, reflections and intensity .
They are the numbers of tone heights, primary reflection and secondary reflection or double reflection.
Let's go with the explanation...
1. Tone Heights or Base Tone
They are the natural tones because they do not have any reflection and go from tint 1, the darkest, to tint 10, the lightest. It may or may not be accompanied by a second and third digit.
Tint 1 – Black Tint 2 – Brown Tint 3 – Dark Brown Tint 4 - Brown Tint 5 – Light Brown Tint 6 – Dark blonde Tint 7 - Blonde Tint 8 – Light blonde Tint 9 – Very Light Blonde Color 10 - Platinum Blonde
2. The pitch number will be accompanied by a dot and a number or two in a row.
a. Primary reflex - hue towards which the color will change when light falls on the hair.
b. Secondary reflex or intensity.
Consider:
- If it has two equal digits followed by the dot, this indicates that this reflection is very intense. For example, 5.44, a light brown tone with very coppery reflections.
- The third digit will indicate the specific tonality of the reflections or the intensity, but they follow the same enumeration.
semi-permanent dyes
They are those temporary dyes and the color loses intensity with shampoo washes.
They are tints of the base color and will be those that start with 3, 4 and 5. They can be pure, that is, without reflection or with reflections, if the number 3,4 or 5 is accompanied by other numbers.
Balayage dye is a coloring method that means sweeping. It returns the lightened hair as if it were by the sun, on a darker base, they are lighter wicks. This method is applied by professionals due to its technique.
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