MIXING MANUAL

IGORA ROYAL
Mixes Collection
Inspired by
 INTRO D UCT IO N C OLOUR FUN DA MEN TA LS

LAURIE PRESSMAN
Colour
Colour is essential to
our very existence.
fundamentals
From the foods we
eat, to the beauty of
flora and fauna, colour

LESLEY JENNISON
defines our world. The basis for every successful
colour mixing is to understand
The first thing you how colours work and how
remember and the they are created. So let’s start
last thing you forget, with the fundamentals.
colour is an identifier.
PRIMARY COLOURS

ARJAN BEVERS
Laurie Red, yellow and blue are the Primary Colours, the original
colours. Every shade starts with them as they cannot be
created by mixing other colours. But by mixing these colours
together in different proportions, you can make all the colours
Red Yellow Blue
of the spectrum.
Billions of colours exist, and colour mixing
exactly allows you to create an infinite
number of colours.

As a hairdresser, intermixing is essential SECONDARY COLOURS

for you to improve client loyalty with The next layer in the Colour Circle is Secondary Colours,
orange, violet and green. They are each made up of two
customised unique colours that cannot be
Primary Colours, mixed in a ratio of 1:1. Primary and
reproduced easily. It is also a way to play Secondary Colours together combine to form the basic
Red Yellow Orange
with your creativity while letting clients Colour Circle – each Secondary Colour sits between the two
express themselves. And it empowers Primary Colours out of which it is mixed.
you to really be the Colourist you want
to be, realising your visions and creating
a reputation for yourself.

In this mixing leaflet, we partnered not only Red Blue Violet

with our creative colourists Lesley Jennison,
Arjan Bevers, X-Presion and Josie Villay but
also joined forces with the colour expert in
the market – the PANTONE Colour Institute
represented by Laurie Pressmann - to show
X-PRESION

you how to perfectly mix and leverage your

Yellow Blue Green
portfolio, but also how to easily translate
a colour trend inspiration into a beautiful
hair colour mix for your clients!
A very important aspect of the colour
JOSIE VILLAY

wheel is that it demonstrates that colour

is perceived as having a temperature […]
Red, orange and yellow radiate warmth
as they are associated with the heat of
fire and sun, while blue, green and purple
cool things down as they connect in the
mind’s eye with broader expanses of sky,
sea, foliage and outer space.
Laurie
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TERTIARY COLOURS
Level three brings in Tertiary Colours. These are made by mixing Mixing colours
for unlimited
Primary Colours with their neighbouring Secondary Colour to
create a palette of six additional shades. We also
call these Intermediary Colours.

opportunities
Yellow Orange Yellow Orange

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your portfolio.
Red Violet Red Violet Once you know your colour theory and Colour Wheel,

Cendré
mixing empowers you to enhance your portfolio by
creating unique and tailor-made tones perfect for
your client. Whether you combine core shades from 9-1 9-1 + 9-24 9-1 + 6-88 + 9-1 + 0-89
(1:1) Pastelfier (30:1:10) (30:1)
different colour worlds to give your classic shade
beautiful new hues, or whether you boost or dilute
a colour using key technical shades. Just have a
Blue Violet Blue Violet look at some of the examples to see how easiliy the
appearance of a colour can change.

Beige
9-4 9-4 + 8-84 9-4 + 9-7 9-4 + E-1
(1:3)* (2:1) (2:1)

Mix, try , make mistakes, study, you

COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS Blue Green Blue Green

Every colour comes with a Complementary, or Opposite will gain confidence and enjoy the
Colour. If you mix two Complementary Colours together 1:1 they mixing process ! Start with small

Gold
cancel each other out. But if you put those same two
shades side by side, they give you a powerful contrast so strong steps, gram by gram, and practice
9-55 9-55 + 9-7 9-55 + 0-11 9-55 + 0-88
they almost seem to vibrate – making both colours on strands or dolly heads. (1:1) (20:1) (8:2)
really pop (see Colour Circle above). Yellow Green Yellow Green

X-presion

Chocolate
The colour wheel is the most important When mixing, I take into
6-6 6-6 + 5-1 6-6 + 8-19 6-6 + 0-22

hair science to learn! It is invaluable consideration the underlying pigment (1:2) (1:2) (20:3)

when we are doing colour corrections I’m working on: do I need to add
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to make sure we mix the correct the softest ash or something more
punchy? This will affect the lightness

Copper
‘complimentary tone
Lesley
or depth of what I’m mixing up.
8-77 8-77 + 7-42 8-77 + 0-00 8-77 + 0-77
(4:1) (1:1) (1:1)
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Lesley

*For NA/LATAM: 9-4 + 9-7 + 0-89 (20:5:19)

IGORA ROYAL COLOUR WHEEL
And this brings us to our full Colour Wheel! It covers the full

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spectrum of shades and enables you to see at a glance how
colours are divided into warm and cool. Cooler colours appear
Create the ideal depth for
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on the left, while the warmer shades are on the right. The IGORA your client
ROYAL Colour Wheel also provides a clear overview of where
Maybe you already have the perfect tonal direction, but
each IGORA ROYAL shade falls within the spectrum. The Colour
are missing the ideal depth for your specific client's base?
Wheel plays a key role in helping to choose the correct formula for
Also here mixing allows you to fill the gaps by mixing two
every client. Shades directly opposite each other or with the same
shades to create the level in between, matching your
intensity will cancel each other out. Greater or lesser strengths
client's desired depth. For example by mixing a 6-46 and a
of an opposing colour will create a more subtle effect, by toning 6-46 4-46 5-46
4-46 in a 1:1 ratio you can easily create a 5-46.
an opposing shade down slightly, or intensifying a tonal variation.
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-9 The better you know the colours on the wheel, the better you can On the next page we will guide you on how to mix colours
predict how your mixes will actually work when you apply them to enhance your portfolio by using technical shades or
-1
on hair. mixing different colour worlds.

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Boost, neutralise and dilute – working with technical shades. IGORA ROYAL BOOSTERS
For creative and customised colour results, our IGORA ROYAL (0-55, 0-77, 0-88, 0-89, 0-99)
These are perfect additives to boost fashion on all levels
portfolio also provides a technical range to boost, shift or of intensity or to enhance a shade with a new tonal direction.

neutralise tone directions – further expanding your creative

possibilities. INTENSIFYING YOUR SHADES BY USING
A BOOSTER
It boosts the tonal direction in your core shade and makes it
The Boosters & Neutralisers are the
more vibrant. Try out different mixing ratios and see how this easiest way to achieve a bespoke
affects the final colour result and appearance.
colour for your client. A small amount
can take a soft bronze to a dazzling
copper.
IGORA ROYAL NEUTRALISERS Lesley
(0-11, 0-22, 0-33)
They are great technical shades providing three different cool 8-77 8-77 + 0-77
(1:1)
tone directions, which can be mixed with your desired shade
for neutralisation purposes or to add cool tonal direction.

NEUTRALISING BALANCING TONAL DIRECTIONS

For perfectly balanced sophisticated tone refinement, to create
the most neutral and cool looking colour on every base by
Use the boosters to balance your tonal directions. Josie Vilay for We love using the Boosters, they
example mixed in a 0-88 booster to her classic 8-11 shade in
counteracting the unwanted warmth.
order to slighty counteract the greens coming out on this lighter
allow you to create original colours
My tip is to use the Extract E-1 on base. By adding the red, the result becomes more muted and and give a different direction to the
less expressive. When combining a 8-11 shade with a 0-33
ADDING COOL DIRECTION TO FASHION coarse hair to get this beautiful booster she also added in a gold booster 0-55. The yellow
final look.
SHADES
cool tones. softens the intense blue, giving it very subtle hues of petrol.
X-presion
Add an additional cool direction to any shades of your colour
worlds. It also helps to prolong every cool tone and prevent quick
tonal shift after several washes. Josie

It is super fun to use these technical

IGORA ROYAL EXTRACT E-1
This cendré additive allows you to breathe in some cooling
8-11 8-11 + 0-88 8-11 + 0-33 +
shades, because a small amount can action into any IGORA ROYAL target shade – for even stronger (10:1) 0-55 (10:1:3)
cool tones.
totally change the colour results!
Lesley

ADDING A NEW TONAL DIRECTION TO YOUR

IGORA ROYAL SHADE
Tweak your core shades by mixing in a Booster to give them
HOW TO MIX HOW TO MIX slightly different tonal directions. Try out different Boosters HOW TO MIX
to add different hues. X-presion used the 0-89 Booster to
• Neutralisation on base 8 and 9: add up to 5% of • Usage on bases 8–7: mix 2:1 IGORA ROYAL • Your Booster will make up to 50% of the colour
intensify the red/violet tone direction of the 9-98 shade, while
the colour cream shade to E-1 cream in your formula
they added the 0-77 Booster to create more intensive red tones
• Neutralisation on base 6 and 7: add up to 15% of • Usage on bases 6–5: mix 1:1 IGORA ROYAL (Remember your colour circle: Violet mixed with Orange • Watch out: adding too much Booster will reduce
the colour cream shade to E-1 coverage, so make sure you adjust the amount
creates a Red!)
• Neutralisation on base 1 to 5: add up to 25% of • Usage on base 4 and darker: mix 1:2 IGORA ROYAL of colour and the way you apply accordingly
the colour cream shade to E-1
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPER DEVELOPER By adding a Booster to your chosen IGORA ROYAL
When adding a Neutraliser to your colour formula For extra cool results, simply use the Extract E-1 shade, the amount of developer must be increased
you need to increase the amount of IGORA ROYAL Oil purely in a 1:1 mixing ratio with the 3% / 10 Vol. proportionally to maintain the target depth.
Developer accordingly. IGORA ROYAL Oil Developer.
9-98 + 0-89 9-98 9-98 + 0-77 9-98 + 0-77
(1:1) (1:3) (1:10)

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IGORA ROYAL PASTELFIER IGORA ROYAL DILUTER Combining colour worlds to create harmony & balance
A super-clever formula created to reduce pigment concentration Reduces pigment concentration in highly pigmented shades
in highly pigmented shades for muted tones and beautifully to enable to create even softer Pastel tones. As you can combine different colour worlds by adding a
soft pastels. On top, it offers additional lifting power and
neutralisation of any warm undertones. Booster to your mix, you can do the same by mixing core
shades within the portfolio. Using the Colour Wheel and
DILUTING A SHADE DILUTING THE INTENSITY OF A CORE SHADE
working with complementing or opposite colours really
Use the Pastelfier to dilute the pigment concentration and tone By adding the 0-00 into a core shade the intensity of every tone empowers you to enhance your classic shades and create
down intensity of IGORA ROYAL Shades. Depending on the direction will be reduced and the shade level of depth will be
mixing ratio it allows you to create beautiful soft tones or even softened a harmonious colour result – for every client.
pastel-ly shades.

DILUTING THE INTENSITY OF A CORE SHADE

FOR LIGHTER BASE:
By intermixing the Booster with the IGORA ROYAL Diluter 0-00
you can create expressive colour results without adding any
depth to hair. This mixture allows a pure usage on lighter hair
4-68 4-68 +
base to create bold and fashion colour effects on hair.
Pastelfier WORK WITH OPPOSITE COLOURS
I love to use warm & cool colours in
Try to combine a copper with a light ash for a more powdery
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PASTELFIER AND one look. When working on super
hue, soften and mute a red by adding matte shades or neutralise
DILUTER 0-00: a strong violet with a gold. Like Lesley, you can also add hints fine hair, you can use a subtle blend of
Both products allow you to dilute your IGORA ROYAL shades of violet to a classic chocolate shade to underpin the chocolate
for more muted and pastel-ly tones. The Pastelfier dilutes the tone and give it a very subtle hue of coolness. cool & warm tones that will help give
pigment concentration and tone intensity, whilst enhancing
I literally don’t know what I did before the powdery character of the shade by adding a soft cool tone
the illusion of more hair purely
the Pastelfier ! Here’s a product that’s direction and providing and provides an extra lift. The Diluter as the eye is tricked into ‘seeing’
0-00 is based on an IGORA ROYAL core platform, a clear
not only a technical tool but really a diluting shade without any depth or tone direction – to soften
depth where the warmer tones have
creative. It’s super easy to use and the each and every core shade from the portfolio. been placed.
guideline for the mixing ratios make it 6-99 6-99 + 7-55 8-65 8-65 + 9-98
Lesley
(1:2) (35:1)
a must for any look where you want to
achieve those muted lived in tones.
Lesley Harmonious colours can be found in
0-00 has been a long favourite of WORK WITH COMPLEMENTING COLOURS
traditional teachings, such as the
Try blending a copper in with other warm shades such as
mine. I even use it as a toner over chocolate brown, gold or beige to tone it down. Or combine colour wheel, but times, tastes and
LIFTING & NEUTRALISING: prelightened hair. It always gives you a classic cendré with hints of violet to create a beautiful tone trends can change, and along with
The Pastelfier provides extra lifting power for any IGORA ROYAL direction, perfect for neutralising unwanted yellows.
shade when lifting virgin hair. It also supports neutralisation
that perfect milk blonde. them the directives for harmony,
and underlines the powdery character of shades by adding Lesley so while the colour wheel does help
a very soft cool tone direction. Due to the calibrated cendré
rose pigments, the Pastilfier perfectly mutes every shade and with mixing, we suggest looking
creates a more powdery colour result. to the colour wheel as a flexible
9-7 9-7 + 9-55 8-11 8-11 + 6-99
guideline that will help jumpstart
(1:1) (10:1)
your imagination.
HOW TO MIX HOW TO MIX AND USE
Laurie
• Usage on bases 8–9: 1 part colour cream Add up to 50% of the used colour cream, when
+ up to 2 parts Pastelfier adding 0-00 into the colour formula. Increase
• Usage on bases 5–7: 1 part colour cream the amount of developer proportionally. Use
+ up to 4 parts Pastelfier developer strength according to the instructions
• Usage on bases 3–4: 1 part colour cream of the base colour cream.
I’m a big contrast lover! Depth of
+ up to 6 parts Pastelfier colour in the right place makes the
blonde pop out more! Natural hair
DEVELOPER
Always use the developer according to the is always a blend of darker and Let the colours work together and balance out their
instructions of the base colour cream used. lighter colours so it always gives a power, whether it means working with similar tones
or opposite colour directions.
more natural feeling in a new colour!
Arjan

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Be creative and turn trend colour into mixes

Now that you know all the fundamental knowledge on mixing, you can When looking at a visual inspiration, first grasp the main tonal direction you
fully leverage your creativity and be inspired by your daily life. Be the want to reproduce and then tweak it by adding other shades to create an
colourist you want to be! Look for colours that catch your eyes or strike inspiring palette. This is how our ambassadors have worked to translate
original looks, and learn how to translate a visual inspiration into a the beautiful trend moodboards created by the Pantone Colour Institute into
beautiful IGORA ROYAL mix. a consistent palette of IGORA ROYAL hair colour mixes.

I wanted my colours to melt & meld into each other,

resulting in calming & lived in muted colours giving
Novel Comfort a sense of calmness, fragility and safety, a sense of
This first colour world, called Novel being connected to the planet. Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio
9-55 + 9-7 9-4 + 8-84 8-65 + 9-98 4-68 + Pastelfier 6-46 + 3-68
Comfort, is made of comforting colours, (1:1) (1:3)* (35:1) (2:1) (5:1)

inspired by nature, to express simple Lesley

pleasures and happy protection.
Novel Comfort is a palette of organic,
earthbound colours, bringing together
bright golds and warm chocolates
to create a sense of well-being.
14-1133 18-1336 18-1341 19-1325 19-1223
Apricot Nectar Copper Brown Maple Syrup Hot Chocolate Downtown Brown

Quintessential
This colour world reflects our Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio Mixing Ratio
9-1 + 6-88 + 9-1 + 0-89 8-11 + 6-99 8-19 + 9-24 + 1-1 9-55 + 0-88 9-7 + 5-99 + 8-11 + 0-88 8-11 + 0-33 + 0-55
relationship to heritage, infusing Pastelfier (30:2:10) (30:1) (10:1) (10:10:1) (8:2) Pastelfier (10:1:10) (10:1) (10:1:3)
modernity into nostalgia vibes.
It is a group of joyful floral hues,
centred around a foundation of
I was so inspired by Pantone trends. cool ash and cendré tones, which
We have been doing greys and roses for together illustrate our desire for
a while but here is a new version of it positivity and uplift.
that is so 2021! 18-1649 16-1710 18-1405 19-3917 15-1327 17-1540 17-1210 19-3910
Deep Sea Coral Foxglove Flint Blackened Pearl Peach Bloom Apricot Brandy Moon Rock Iron Gate
Arjan

E-Phoria Mixing Ratio

8-77 + 0-77
(1:1)
Mixing Ratio
9-98 + 0-77
(1:10)
Mixing Ratio
9-98 + 0-77
(1:3)
Mixing Ratio
9-98 + 0-89
(1:1)
Mixing Ratio
7-55 + 6-99
(2:1)
This trend is a range of extravagant
and joyful colours to celebrate
self-expression into a world of
technology. Ranging from deep
purples to vibrant coppers and As Spanish, ee love vibrant colours.
reds, these optimistic tones Red is the colour of passion, seduction,
spark joy and boost mood. it captures attention. Creating these
17-1350 18-1555 18-1657 19-2033 19-2816
new shades was a lot of fun. Oriole Molten Lava Salsa Anemone Blackberry Wine

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