The level system is made up of 10 numbers which help determine the depth level of your natural hair. 1 is black, 5 is light brown, 6 is dark blonde, 7 is blonde and 10 is the lightest blonde. Your L'Oréal Professionnel colourist will analyse your hair and assess your natural base colour in-salon.
Understanding Levels: Hair color levels range from 1 (darkest) to 10 (lightest). A level 7 is considered a medium blonde, while a level 9 is a light blonde.
The Garnier Olia 7.0 Dark Blonde Permanent Hair Dye comes in a dark blonde shade that works well on hair colours ranging from light blonde to medium brown. If you have blonde to dark blonde hair, you will have the closest results to the pack. For a lighter shade that still reflects naturally, try 8.0 Blonde.
Shade 7.0 hair dye is best for anyone with natural hair between medium blonde and medium brown. For a lighter shade that still reflects naturally, check out 8.0 Medium Blonde. For anyone who currently has color treated hair, there are special considerations for the color result you can achieve.
toners only work on hair that has been prelightened to a level 9 and above. Bleacjing hair is a bit like adding water to orange squash. As the water increases the orange squash is diluted down until there is little orange left.
If you were lucky enough to be born as a natural 7.0, your technical colour description is Medium Blonde. Chances are you consider your hair to be any shade from fair to light brown, dirty blonde, mousy and other equally unflattering descriptions – but in reality, you've won the hair shade lottery!
To do this you want to use products with a blue base pigment that are dark enough to really cover and cancel out the orange. Above I recommended the Wella 7a or 8A with a mix of the Wella 050 Toner and that is definitely the way to make orange hair ash brown.
These levels are used to describe how dark or light your hair color is. Level 10 is the lightest blond, level 9 is light blond, level 8 is medium blond, level 7 is dark blond, level 6 is light brown, level 5 is medium brown, level 4 is dark brown, level 3 is darkest brown, level 2 is black-brown, and level 1 is black.
The RGB values for Kelly Moore KM5244-2 Dirty Blonde are 224, 192, 146 and the HEX code is #E0C092.
In reality, dirty blonde hair is a darker shade of blonde with a blend of wheat blonde, ash blonde, and light brown tones woven throughout. Unlike bright blonde shades, like icy blonde and platinum, it's less yellow or white and more tan, which makes it much easier to maintain if you have a darker base color.
The 7.1 ash dark blonde will appear to be darker than the 7.0 dark blonde. If you don't want this, you could consider picking a lighter ash tint. This would be the 8.1 ash blonde.
So, how to dye your blonde hair brown without it going green? You've got two options: Fill your hair: filling means nothing more than pre-dyeing your hair before putting on the brown hair color. Opt for copper red colors, such as Vesuvius Red, or golden shades.
How long should I leave the bleach on the hair? If your client's hair is blonde (level 7 and higher) aim at between 15-20 minutes using 20 Vol developer.
The key to fixing orange hair is usually to neutralise the orange with its opposite colour – blue.
In the case of orange hair, a touch of blue pigment will cool and calm too-warm locks, while a hint of violet is also helpful for yellow/orange strands on a level 7.
First, using the guides, I figure out my natural hair color is a level 6 (Dark Blonde) with no grays.
A natural dark blonde hair color will have underlying golden or yellow pigments and may lighten in the sun. In comparison, light brown hair colors tend to be richer and have more of a reddish or bronzy undertone.
Base colours start at 1, for deepest black, and finish at 10, lightest blonde. So if we're going for an ash blonde colour, for example, we'd probably start with a 6 (dark blonde) or 7 (blonde).
Ash blonde is a very nice cool blonde tone and blends beautifully when your roots are starting to get visible. Any stubborn grey hairs won't stand out either. Ash-blonde dyed hair is also less likely to turn 'yellow'.
So, can you guess what the neutralizing color for orange is? You've got it: blue! Since red and yellow make orange, that means blue is the missing primary color. Blue and orange are complements on the color wheel, which means that blue will neutralize an orange hair color.
If the hair is very orange, and you don't wish to go lighter, but rather cover the orange, then we would suggest you use blue based ash blonde toners. The blue pigments in these toners will neutralize unwanted warmth.