California Barber Written ExamHair Care ServicesMedium
A barber needs to perform a color correction on a client whose hair has become overly brassy (too orange/yellow) after a lightening service. Which complementary color, when mixed into a toner, would effectively neutralize this unwanted brassiness?
- AGreen
- BRed
- CBlue
- DViolet
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Blue
According to the color wheel, blue is the complementary color to orange. Therefore, a blue-based toner is used to neutralize unwanted orange tones (brassiness) in lightened hair.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Green neutralizes red, not orange/yellow brassiness.
- B. Red would enhance the brassiness, not neutralize it.
- D. Violet neutralizes yellow, which is part of brassiness but blue is more effective for overall orange/yellow.
Color Neutralization (Brassy Tones)
The process of using complementary colors from the color wheel to cancel out unwanted tones, such as using blue to neutralize orange brassiness.
- Color wheel is key for neutralization.
- Blue counteracts orange.
- Violet counteracts yellow.
Memory trick: Blue Beats Brassy.