Levels 1-5

This is the darkest range of natural hair colors. A level 1 is a jet black, with no brown tones to it! Semipermanent hair color typically won’t show on level 1 hair at all, as the base is too dark for any pigment to be visible. From there, hair will gradually get lighter as you move up levels, with level 2 being a dark brown-black, 3 and 4 being more dark to medium brown tones, and level 5 getting into a medium to lighter brown range. Level 3 or so is usually the very darkest base possible for a visible tint of color without pre-lightening. If your hair is in this range, you will get the best results with similarly dark colors to have any visible hue. Purple Rain, Wrath, Aquamarine, and Transylvania will be your go-to shades on a dark base like this!

Level 8-9

level 8 is generally the best base to see the majority of our colors turn out really vibrantly. With the exception of our pastel collection and one or two others colors, AF Colors will turn out accurately and vibrantly on a level 8 base. So colors like Violet Dream, Electric Paradise, or Iris Green will turn out best starting from at least a level 8 base

level 9 will take just about any semipermanent color that turns out on a level 8 as well as lighter shades, like Porange, Cosmic Sunshine, or Neon Moon.