Natural hair color can be described according to a“level system” that categorizes color from dark to light.

The level system

All professional hair color brands

describe the amount of lightness

or darkness in a color by levels,

either 1-10 or 1-12. There is no

universal system and descriptors

for each level may vary by company.

Hair Color Natural Levels

The stages that natural hair goes through as it is being lifted or lightened are referred to as “stages of lightening” or “lifting levels.”

Tone

The level system does not identify the warmth/redness or ash/drab tones in hair.

Tone is the characteristic of color. Consider the difference between olive green and lime green. Olive green contains more yellow and iswarmer. Lime green contains more blue and is cooler. In hair color, tone is the warmth or coolness that is added to a neutralcolor level.

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