Often asked: How do you know what level your hair is?

Your hair’s level is determined by how light or dark it is. Within each color family – coppers, blondes, browns, blacks, and grays – there are light, medium, and dark levels. For example, a person can have light blonde hair, medium blonde, or dark blonde.

What is a Level 1 hair?

Level 1 is the darkest level of hair color—dark black. Black shades are either Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3, and Level 1 is the darkest sometimes referred as jet or ink black. Level 1 is primarily unnatural—even people whose natural hair colors are black do not naturally have Level 1 black hair.

What is natural level of hair?

Hair is naturally made up of 4 major tones: red, orange, yellow, and pale yellow. Level 4 hair and darker contains more of a red underlying pigment, levels 5 through 7 contain more of an orange underlying pigment, levels 8 and 9 contain yellow pigments, and level 10 and above contain pale yellow pigments.

How do you know what level a hair toner is?

Level is defined on a scale of 1 to 10: A level 1 hair color is the darkest black color hair can be, and level 10 is the lightest blonde color. The tone of that level is defined by how much warmth (also known as brassiness) is in any hair color level. Tones can be warm (golden), cool (ashy), or neutral.

How many levels do I need to lift my hair?

Typically, you can lift your hair 2-3 levels with a standard hair color. High-lift colors can usually lift up to 5 levels lighter.

Is Level 6 hair blonde or brown?

Level 6 Hair Color is another name for light brown hair. It is very common in box dye. Level 6 hair can also refer to bright shades of medium red hair. Most medium auburn shades are 5 or Level 6.

What is the difference between level 4 and level 5 hair color?

Level 1 haircolor is black, level 2 haircolor is the second darkest black, 3 is brown/black, level 4 haircolor is dark brown, level 5 haircolor is light brown, level 6 haircolor is dark blond, level 7 haircolor is dark blond, level 8 haircolor is medium blond, 9 is light blond and 10 is white/platinum.

What level is the darkest hair?

Levels 1-5 This is the darkest range of natural hair colors. A level 1 is a jet black, with no brown tones to it!

How many hair color levels are there?

Hair level ranges from 1, true black, to 10, lightest blonde/pale yellow. Most hairstylists consider level 5 to be lightest brown, and 6 to be darkest blonde, while some color lines use 6 as the lightest brown.

Is purple shampoo a toner?

What Does Purple Shampoo Do? Purple shampoo acts as a toner to get rid of brassy tones and return your hair to a cooler, salon-fresh blonde. Using purple shampoo is a key step in helping dyed blonde hair look vibrant and fresh.

How damaging is toner for hair?

IS TONER BAD FOR YOUR HAIR? No! Toner is meant to help your hair and simply helps to neutralize its tone. That being said, as with any coloring process, over-using toner on your hair can cause strain on your strands.

What level should my hair be for T18?

I would recommend against toning whilst your hair is still orange, especially when dealing with the Wella T18 toners, as it is recommended to use on very light hair, maybe around a level 9 or 10.

Should I go lighter or darker with my hair?

Your colorist should be able to help you determine your skin tone. it’s more necessary to add warmth and depth in your hair color to make up for skin that is more pale. It’s recommended that you stay within a couple of shades of your natural hair color, whether you decide to go lighter or darker.

Will 20 volume developer lighten dark hair?

Using 20 volume developer will lighten your hair even without bleach because of the lifting effect it has on the outermost layer of your hair (the cuticle layer). So if you’re currently a level 5 light brown, using 20 volume developer alone can lighten it to a level 6 dark blonde.

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