Pennsylvania Barber Licensure Practice Exam

Which hair color technique involves coloring the hair in sections?

1. Balayage

2. Highlights

3. Lowlights

4. All-over color

The correct answer is: Highlights

The technique that involves coloring the hair in sections is known as highlights. This method focuses on strategically lightening certain sections of the hair to create dimension and contrast. Highlights can vary in placement, intensity, and color, allowing for a customized look based on the client’s preferences and natural hair color. In highlighting, the hair is typically divided into sections, and strips of hair are selected for color application. The process emphasizes specific areas, often around the face or throughout the crown, to enhance the overall hairstyle. This technique can create a sun-kissed effect or a more dramatic contrast, depending on the desired outcome. Balayage, while also a coloring technique, involves painting the color directly onto sections of hair in a more freehand manner, rather than applying it with foils or in defined sections like traditional highlights. Lowlights refer to darker shades added to the hair, creating a deeper, richer look, and all-over color applies a single color consistently across all hair strands without the highlighting effect.