Need Help Finding Your Formulating Gaps?
✅️ Take this quick 5-minute self-check to find out which of your foundational skills are solid and where your gaps might be.
If you’ve ever mixed a formula and thought, “This should have worked… but I don’t know why it didn’t,” this quick self-check will give you a clear picture of where you’re already thriving, and the hidden gaps that could be throwing off your results.
In about 5 minutes, you’ll get a personal confidence score in the 4 foundational skills for creating predictable hair color:
⭐ Basic Color Theory
⭐ Color Mixing Theory
⭐ Hair Structure & Color Chemistry
⭐ Knowing Your Color Line
Your results will show you exactly where to focus your education for faster, more consistent formulas so you can stop second-guessing yourself and feel completely confident behind the chair.
✔ Instant, personalized results
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✔ Clear next steps so you know exactly where to grow next
Take the Color Confidence Check → Get your personalized color confidence score now.
🌈 SECTION 1: Basic Color Knowledge
1 = I’m not confident
5 = I sort of get it but I’m guessing
10 = I use this confidently behind the chair all the time
How confident are you in labeling the basic colors around the color wheel?
Can you identify the natural level of a client’s hair with accuracy?
Do you understand which remaining pigment is revealed at each level of lift?
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How well do you understand the basic color relationships (complementary, analogous, neutral vs natural brown, cool vs warm)?
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I know which complementary tone to choose in order to neutralize remaining pigments at each level of lift
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I know how to create a neutral vs natural end result
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Do you know how to refine a remaining pigment?
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I know the basic ways to move a tone through the color wheel
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You’ve just answered some questions on how well you know some of the basics of color theory: the wheel, natural hair, and color relationships. Whether those questions felt easy or exposed some gaps, the goal here isn’t perfection. It’s clarity. Clarity on where your gaps actually are so you can hone in on them and fill them.
Now it’s time to move into section #2 , where we’ll shift focus on how well you know what to do with the colors you’ve labeled.
🎨 Section 2: Color Mixing Theory
When I mix two colors together that are different in level, I can predict the end color I'll get
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I can recognize whether a tone is vivid or muted and accurately place it where it lives on the color wheel
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I understand how to identify the hue, level and chroma (vibrancy) of a color I see
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I feel confident naming the remaining pigment + I know how to choose a tone that'll shift it toward my desired end result
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I know how to use the color wheel to map out, plan or troubleshoot a formula
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I can identify a desired end tone and create it from my color line
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I can identify the color of a hot root and know how to refine it to look more natural
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When I apply a specific tone to the remaining warmth, I know what direction I'm moving the color
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I know how to adjust my tonal deposit for gray hair or different percentages of gray
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I know what will happen if I apply a level 7 muted ash on a level 7 vibrant copper
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I can predict the final color I'll get when I mix two colors in equal parts AND if I mix those same two tones in unequal parts
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You’ve just answered a few questions on some core color mixing skills that affect whether you know how to hit your final desired color. It's the section that determines if you understand color theory mixing...the what to DO with the color you have available to hit a desired outcome.
Now it's time to shift the focus.
The next section is all about the hair color chemistry we work with, the part that affects how we lift natural melanin and breakdown artificial dyes
🧪 Section 3: Hair Color Chemistry
I understand how to control + predict the lift on any natural level when working with permanent hair color
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I can tell whether my tube of color has oxidative vs direct dyes
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I understand what a developer is and the three things it's doing during lift and deposit process
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I understand what different volumes of developer do to the formula I create and to the hair I apply it on
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I understand what an alkalizer is, where it's found, and what it does during the lifting process
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I understand what having more or less alkalizer in my formula means to the lift I'll create in the natural hair
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I know what the different color categories are, how to decipher which ones I have in my line, and whether it will allow me to cause lift, shift or no shift of the natural base
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I understand the difference in how a permanent color vs a lightener lift
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I understand my color remover options, what dye types they each work on, and how to choose which one to use
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You’ve just answered some questions about the chemistry behind the color you use, how it lifts, deposits, removes, and reacts inside the hair. This section was all about helping you recognize how well you understand the hair color chemistry you use.
Now we’re shifting gears again.
The next section is all about understanding the specific color line you work with.
🧭 Section 4: Knowing Your Color Line
I know what the tonal codes or numbers in my color line mean
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I understand what background is in my tubes of color and how it affects tone
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I know whether my tube of color will have brown/tan background vs grey
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I can identify the hue (reflect) direction of the colors in my line
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I know whether my line is more opaque vs more translucent
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I feel confident building a formula using tones from my line that will behave the way I expect
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I know which colors in my line are more muted, which are more of a blend and which are more vibrant
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You’ve just answered questions about how well you understand the color line you’re working with, how it’s labeled, how its tones behave in a mix, and how the background and reflect work together. The more you understand how your brand's tones are built, the more predictably you can use them behind the chair.
Now we’re shifting the focus one last time. This final section is about, where you are in your journey, what you’re looking for, and whether you’re ready to take what you’re learning and put it into practice.
🧠 Section 5: Where Are You Now & Where Do You Want To Be?
This section is all about where you are in your color journey, what kind of support you need, and what your goals are
There’s no right answer here. Just pick the answer that best fits you so we can help guide you toward the kind of education that will actually move you forward.
Where are you currently at in your hair color journey?
Select the one that best fits you:
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What kind of support would help you most right now?
Select up to 2 options:
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How willing are you to put in the time to swatch, practice, and really apply what you learn?
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How willing are you to put in the time to swatch, practice, and really apply what you learn?
What do you feel is getting in the way of learning what you need to grow?
Select all that apply, there’s no judgment here, just insight.
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What have you already tried?
Select all that apply:
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Is there anything else you want us to know?
