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Luminous permanent · 43 shades

Wella Illumina Color Chart: 43 shades with level and reflect

Illumina Color is the Wella Professionals permanent built so colour reflects light instead of flattening it. Wella bases it on Microlight technology, which protects the cuticle so light passes through the hair and the colour reads differently depending on the lighting. That is why its shades get asked for so often on worked blondes and on brunettes that refuse to look flat.

Here are all 43 shades with level, reflect and approximate swatch. The chart was checked on 21 September 2026 against Wella’s official grid and against the brand’s professional store, which is how eleven missing shades came in, the 6/76 among them.

It shares numbering with the rest of the house. For the classic long-chart permanent, that is Koleston Perfect, in the Wella chart; to tone without lifting, Color Touch.

Illumina Color: manufacturer's chart (GLOBAL, 2026-09-21)

Level 4 — Medium brown

1 shades
4/ Medium Brown Illumina Color

Level 5 — Light brown

6 shades
5/ Light Brown Illumina Color
5/02 Light Brown Natural Matte Illumina Color
5/81 Light Brown Pearl Ash Illumina Color
5/35 Light Brown Gold Mahogany Illumina Color
5/43 Light Brown Red Gold Illumina Color
5/7 Light Brown Illumina Color

Level 6 — Dark blonde

5 shades
6/ Dark Blonde Illumina Color
6/16 Dark Ash Violet Blonde Illumina Color
6/19 Dark Ash Cendre Blonde Illumina Color
6/37 Dark Blonde Gold Brown Illumina Color
6/76 Dark Brown Violet Blonde Illumina Color

Level 7 — Medium blonde

8 shades
7/ Medium Blonde Illumina Color
7/81 Medium Blonde Pearl Ash Illumina Color
7/31 Medium Gold Ash Blonde Illumina Color
7/35 Medium Gold Mahogany Blonde Illumina Color
7/42 Medium Blonde Red Matte Illumina Color
7/43 Medium Red Gold Blonde Illumina Color
7/7 Medium Brown Blonde Illumina Color
7/75 Medium Blonde Brown Mahogany Illumina Color

Level 8 — Light blonde

8 shades
8/ Light Blonde Illumina Color
8/1 Light Ash Blonde Illumina Color
8/13 Light Ash Gold Blonde Illumina Color
8/69 Light Violet Cendre Blonde Illumina Color
8/36 Light Gold Violet Blonde Illumina Color
8/37 Light Blonde Gold Brown Illumina Color
8/38 Light Gold Pearl Blonde Illumina Color
8/05 Light Natural Mahogany Blonde Illumina Color

Level 9 — Very light blonde

7 shades
9/ Very Light Blonde Illumina Color
9/19 Very Light Ash Cendre Blonde Illumina Color
9/60 Very Light Violet Natural Blonde Illumina Color
9/03 Very Light Natural Gold Blonde Illumina Color
9/37 Very Light Blonde Gold Brown Illumina Color
9/59 Very Light Mahogany Cendre Blonde Illumina Color
9/43 Very Light Red Gold Blonde Illumina Color

Level 10 — Extra light blonde

8 shades
10/ Lightest Blonde Illumina Color
10/1 Lightest Ash Blonde Illumina Color
10/81 Lightest Blonde Pearl Ash Illumina Color
10/69 Lightest Violet Cendre Blonde Illumina Color
10/93 Lightest Cendre Gold Blonde Illumina Color
10/36 Lightest Gold Violet Blonde Illumina Color
10/38 Lightest Gold Pearl Blonde Illumina Color
10/05 Lightest Natural Mahogany Blonde Illumina Color

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Professional guide

How to read an Illumina shade

Illumina uses Wella’s slash numbering: 7/43 = level 7, primary reflect 4 (red) and secondary 3 (gold).

  • Level (before the slash): the depth, from brown to lightest blonde.
  • First digit after the slash: the reflect in charge.
  • Second digit: the supporting tone, always in a smaller proportion.

The reflect key: 0 natural, 1 ash, 2 matt, 3 gold, 4 red, 5 mahogany, 6 violet, 7 brown, 8 pearl, 9 cendre. A code ending in a slash with no digits, like 7/, is the pure natural of that level.

An 8/13 means the same in Illumina, in Koleston and in Color Touch: level 8, ash with gold. The chemistry changes, the reading does not.

Illumina Color equivalents in other brands

One shade per level of Illumina Color with its closest equivalent in other professional brands of the same type. These are orientative matches calculated by level and reflect: every brand uses its own pigments and bases, so always strand-test when switching.

Illumina Color Koleston Perfect ME+Igora RoyalMajirel
4/ Medium Brown 4/0 = 4-0 = 4 =
5/ Light Brown 5/0 = 5-0 = 5 =
6/ Dark Blonde 6/0 = 6-0 = 6 =
7/ Medium Blonde 7/0 = 7-0 = 7 =
8/ Light Blonde 8/0 = 8-0 = 8 =
9/ Very Light Blonde 9/0 = 9-0 = 9 =
10/ Lightest Blonde 10/0 = 10-0 = 10 =

= direct match · ≈ approximate match

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Wella Illumina Color Chart

Everything you need to know

1:1 with Welloxon Perfect, that is 60 g of colour to 60 g of developer. The exception is glossing and toning services, which go 1:2 with Welloxon Perfect at 1.9%.

The Welloxon Perfect percentage sets it:

  • 1.9% (6 Vol): glossing and toning, sheer result.
  • 4% (13 Vol): deeper results on natural hair.
  • 6% (20 Vol): 1 level of lift, same depth or darker, and grey coverage.
  • 9% (30 Vol): 2 levels.
  • 12% (40 Vol): 3 levels.

30 to 40 minutes at room temperature, or 15 to 25 minutes with a Climazon. Wella asks you to always allow the full development time: cutting it short is what leaves grey only partly covered.

Wella claims up to 100% coverage. The approach changes with how much grey there is. Up to 70%: start with the area holding the highest percentage of grey. From 70 to 100%: mix the chosen shade in equal parts with the natural shade of the same level and use Welloxon Perfect 6%. Wella’s own example: 30 g of 7/ plus 30 g of 7/35 plus 60 g of 6% developer.

Watch out for the Opal-Essence shades: they deliver the line’s opalescent finish but give no grey coverage, and they gently lighten natural hair.

In what each one is built for. Koleston Perfect ME+ is the long-chart permanent, with the full reflect range and coverage as its banner. Illumina Color bets on how colour behaves under light, with a shorter chart heavy on cool and multi-tonal nuances. They share numbering, so translating a code between them is direct. See them side by side in the Wella chart.

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