IGORA Color10 is built for licensed, professional colorists working in a salon setting — not for home or DIY colorists. It's suited to stylists who need to turn around root regrowth, touch-up, or global color services quickly, including walk-in and time-restricted clients, without giving up full white-hair coverage or color accuracy.

Because it requires precise mixing with the correct volume of Igora Royal Oil Developer and professional application technique, it should only be used by someone trained in oxidative color theory and patch-test protocol.

The reason to reach for Color10 over a standard Igora Royal formula is turnaround time: it's formulated to hit full permanent-color results, including white coverage, in roughly a third of the processing time, which matters most for busy salon days, walk-ins, and root-only touch-ups where a client doesn't want to sit in the chair for a full color service.

1. Consult and patch-test the client per standard professional protocol before every new color service.
2. Select the Igora Royal Oil Developer volume for the desired result: a lower volume for depositing or refreshing color, a mid volume for tone-on-tone or up to one level of lift, and a higher volume for up to two levels of lift.
3. Mix Color10 Color Crème 1:1 with the chosen Oil Developer Lotion.
4. Apply to dry, unwashed hair with a tint brush, working section by section.
5. Process for about 10 minutes for standard services; resistant or high-percentage-white hair may need additional time with heat, per Schwarzkopf's shade-specific guidance.
6. Rinse thoroughly and follow with a color-safe, pH-balanced shampoo and conditioner.

Exact developer volume and processing-time variations differ by shade family, so always confirm against the current Schwarzkopf Professional shade chart or Igora Royal technical manual for the specific shade being used.

In the chair:

• Development time of about 10 minutes, versus the 30–45 minutes typical of standard permanent color, which frees up chair time for more services per day
• Up to 100% white/gray coverage when the right shade and developer volume are selected
• Intermixable with the rest of the Igora Royal range for custom formulation
• Amino Acid Carrier Technology helps pigment penetrate the cortex quickly, which is part of what makes the shorter processing time possible

Keep in mind:

• Not suited for home use — it must be mixed and applied by a trained colorist, and getting the developer volume wrong changes the lift result
• As an oxidative dye it contains ingredients (including toluene-2,5-diamine) that call for a patch test before use
• Because it's optimized for speed, it isn't the product to reach for when a service calls for more than two levels of lift