For The Love Of Colour - TiGi

understanding
level and tone
Colour level is the lightness versus the darkness
of a shade or tone. In order to become aware of
which level each tone naturally falls into, compare
each tone to the grey scale.
—Violet is much deeper and darker than yellow.
—The more violet used, the deeper the end result.
— The less violet used, the lighter and brighter
the end result.
How to become conscious of the tone and level
In order to become conscious of each level of tone,
relate the colours to the equivalent grey.
Example: looking at the tone graduation on the
grey scale you can clearly see how different the
yellow is versus the violet.
In order to create a violet on the same level as
the yellow, you would need to dilute the tone.
If darker levels are used to intermix a colour,
the result will come out deeper and muted.
Therefore, be aware of level overriding tone and
tone overriding level. On darker levels more
tone will be required; on lighter levels smaller
amounts of tone will be needed.
the law of colour
the grey scale
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
the global
numbering
system
The global numbering system is for the hairdressing
industry worldwide. It will guide hairdressers
through the range of natural and artificial haircolours.
The level of colour refers to how light or how dark
the colour is and the tone describes the hue or
essence of the colour.
A numbering system helps to define our colour
descriptions. 1/ to 10/ represents the level,
/0 to /8 represents the tone or tones.
Warm tones give the sense of richness and can
be as vibrant or as soft as you desire. Warm tones
consist of red, copper, copper red, copper gold,
and gold.
Cool tones such as light violet, steel blue, green/
matte, and calibrated ash are used to soften and
neutralise any unwanted warm tones in the hair.
Mahogany and deep violet are used to
emphasise the tone.
Complementary tones
A combination of complementary tones produces
a shade which can be either warm or cool.
Harmonious shades from light beige to dark
brunette are created this way.
Natural tone
Denoted with a /0, the natural tone is actually
neutral, neither warm nor cool.
the law of colour
NEUTRAL WARM TONES
LEVEL COOL TONES
⁄ 0
⁄ 3
⁄ 4
⁄ 6
EXTRA LIGHT BLONDE
10 ⁄
9 ⁄
8 ⁄
7 ⁄
6 ⁄
5 ⁄
4 ⁄
3 ⁄
2 ⁄
1 ⁄
⁄ 2
⁄ 5
⁄ 7
GREEN/
MATTE
⁄ 1
⁄ 8