Colour The International Colour Chart All manufacturers follow

Colour The International Colour Chart

– All manufacturers follow the international colour chart. – The colours on the colour chart are given numbers. – The numbers represent: – Depth of colour (how light or dark) – Tone of colour (Overall colour that can be seen)

– Depth can be described as light brown or dark blonde. – – Tone can be described as: warm colours cool colours – This means that every colour on the colour chart will have a number that represents it’s depth and tone.

– The numbers used to describe the depth of colour normally range from: – 1 -10 – 1 being the darkest colour – 10 being the lightest colour – The numbers (or letters) used to describe the tones of colour normally follow the depth number

Task Using a shade charts write down the number and name of the shades 1 -10 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10

– These are usually called base shades. – It is these shades that you usually use to find out a client’s natural hair colour during your consultation.

– Different manufacturers use different symbols to display their colours e. g. , – 8. 3 (tresemme) – 8/3 (Wella) – 8 -3 – 8 G (Matrix) – These all represent the same colour light golden blonde – 8 = 3=

– – – Wella use / to display their colour system. The first number before the / describes the? 8/ = The number after the / describes the? /3 = If there are more than one number after the / it means that there are more tones present in that colour. – You will over time come to understand the colour chart