Hair Toner Color Chart

If your hair color falls short of expectations, it may require toning. Toners contain pigments designed to neutralize undesirable undertones in hair color. Finding an appropriate toner is most accessible when looking at the color wheel and selecting its opposite (yellow would be balanced with violet, for instance). This approach works equally well when considering warm or cool tones.

Base Color

Demi-permanent toners fade with every wash yet remain integral in lightening hair. Cunningham notes that most salons employ toners before performing double processes; those looking to lighten their locks at home may require professional advice and analysis of each brand’s color chart before starting bleaching treatments themselves.

The first number on a toner shade chart usually indicates your current blonde base color from jet black to light Ash blonde. The second decimal means the toner hue – gold, copper, red, violet-green, or khaki- depending on what primary hues were mixed to produce them – blue cancels out orange, violet cancels yellow,, green cancels red. Understanding the law of complements on a color wheel is critical when selecting your toner shade, which sits opposite of what you want on the color wheel. For instance, using a khaki hue as your toner may help neutralize brassiness or bring out cool and ashy tones in blonde hair.

Tone

The tone of toner is determined by the color it is combined with, which is denoted on hair dye boxes by its first decimal place. Shades with G or Y as their decimal point will tend toward warm, while shadows beginning with C or R indicate cool tones. A toner neutralizes the underlying color in your hair so that other techniques do not show through, making the color wheel and your current level of hair growth essential factors in selecting an effective toner.

Example: Someone with level 9 pre-lightened hair would benefit from using violet toner, since its hue stands opposite yellow on the color wheel.

Toners can be used either at a salon or for home use in shampoo and conditioner form. When toning at home, Papanikolas advises washing and towel-drying hair first so that toner penetrates more fully through each strand.

Depth

Cunningham stresses the importance of hair toners as an indispensable tool in any professional’s arsenal since they allow clients to fine-tune the results that suit them best. On hair dye color charts, tones are represented numerically or alphabetically; for instance, 4.2 stands for neutral brown with just a touch of red hues, while 4.4 means medium warm browns with red undertones. Some toners will indicate which specific dye they add or subtract, such as G for golden or R for rich red tones.

Blue toners on bleached blonde hair will help tone down any brassy or yellow tones produced during lightening, while purple ones add natural pearly violet hues. Once rinsed out, these toners should last through several shampoos until they need to be reapplied.

Shade

A toner is a semi-permanent hair dye that neutralizes warm or brassy undertones and lightens hair. A toner balan

ces out its color wheel – for instance, purple cancels out yellow. Wella toners can be used for multiple reasons, and selecting one suited to your skin’s undertone is essential. For example, those with cool tones should avoid any blonde shades that are too light and could wash out their locks.

As numbers and letters on box dyes provide helpful guides when determining what shade or level to select, their numbers and letters can assist you in choosing an ideal tone or level for yourself. To help with this decision-making process, look at your veins on either hand – blue veins indicate cool tones, while green ones usually signify warm tones. In terms of lightening levels for your hair color chart (D or S on dot/slash chart), “A” stands for Ash while “R” indicates Red pigmentation present; letter codes indicate pre-lightening level while “D/slash” gives pre-lightening level (pre-lightening level) while numbers before dot/slash indicate your pre-lightening level while letters indicate whether an ash tone exists underlying pigmentation (D dot/slash), while numbers before dot/slash indicate prelightening level while their prelightening level (dot/ slash chart chart); when in doubt about selecting your shade/ level choice use vein veins on hands while green veins show cool tones while Blue/Green veins indicate warm tones respectively). If unsure which tone/level best suites your color chart, indicate the prelightening level while the letter signifies pre-prelightening level as the prelightening level exists (i.e., A), “R”, as in Red or so).