Fanola No Yellow Toner: How to Mix It, Patch Test and Lighteners

Fanola No Yellow toner (No Yellow Color Toner) is an ammonia-based oxidative colour for blonde, bleached, highlighted and grey hair, not a shampoo. Fanola's Violet Peroxyde developer pages say to mix it 1:2 with Violet Peroxyde but do not say which strength. Fanola publishes no processing time, so follow the pack leaflet, including its allergy test.

What is the Fanola No Yellow toner?

It is the colour-service end of the No Yellow name. For the purple shampoo, see what No Yellow shampoo does; for why violet cancels yellow, see how purple shampoo works.

Fanola's own toner page describes the No Yellow Color system as colour for "professional technical services" and "ammonia-based". It is for blonde, bleached, highlighted and grey hair. The ingredients on that page include ammonia and toluene-2,5-diamine sulfate (PTD), plus other oxidation dye precursors such as 2,4-diaminophenoxyethanol HCl.

In plain terms, this is a permanent-type oxidative toner: an ammonia cream with dye precursors, mixed with developer before use, so the allergy precautions for permanent colour apply.

Fanola's page lists the results as precise, uniform toning, immediate neutralisation and a cool, luminous blonde. It makes no lifting claim for the toner. The No Yellow Color Toner is sold here in 100ml tubes.

How do you mix No Yellow Color Toner?

One part toner to two parts developer. Fanola prints the ratio on its Violet Peroxyde pages, not on the toner page. The same line appears on both the 5 vol and 25 vol pages: "Fanola Toner e No Yellow Color Toner: Violet Peroxyde 1:2". Neither page says which strength to use for the toner, and Fanola's Ice page gives the toner 1:2 with perfumed peroxide, so take the strength from the pack leaflet. The 5 vol page also gives 1:1.5 for Fanola Color and No Yellow Color creams, and 1:2 for No Yellow Color bleach. On this site, Fanola Color Violet Peroxide 5 Vol is one of the Violet Peroxyde strengths.

"Vol" is the volume of oxygen one volume of developer can release, so a lower number means a weaker developer. Fanola prints no peroxide percentage for its 5 vol, so we give none.

Which Fanola toner does a T-coded tube belong to?

Check the tube before you mix, because Fanola sells toners in more than one line, and their ratios differ. On fanola.it the No Yellow Color Toner series lists two shades, Rose and Violet; the Ice page mentions "two included toners". The codes T.02, T.11, T.12, T.21, T.41 and T.Clear are Glow & Glossy Toner shades. A Rose toner exists in both lines (fanola.it lists a "T.Rose" under each), so read the product name on the tube, not just the shade code. Glow & Glossy mixes 1:1, so mixing it at 1:2 doubles its developer.

Glow & Glossy's page describes "No Lift" technology that tones without lightening natural pigment.

Do you need an allergy test before using these toners?

Yes, for both. The No Yellow Color Toner lists PTD. Glow & Glossy is ammonia-free, but ammonia-free is not precursor-free: its toner page lists oxidation dye precursors, and its Cenere, Dorati, Marroni Caldi and Rossi shade pages list PTD. GB cosmetics law (Annex III) requires PPD- and PTD-type dyes to carry a severe allergic reaction warning and a gloves warning for professionals. Fanola's web pages print no test method, so follow the one in the pack leaflet.

Does "Free from PPD" mean allergy-safe?

No. Fanola's Ice page calls the Ice colour "Free from PPD", which sounds low-risk: a 2014 dermatology review calls PPD "the main agent" of allergic contact dermatitis in hair dyes.

But the Ice ingredient list on the same page includes toluene-2,5-diamine sulfate, which is PTD, PPD with one extra methyl group. Cross-reaction between the two is common, though not universal: one laboratory study of human immune cells (T-cells) found 64.7% cross-reactivity between PPD and PTD. In 2025 the UK advertising regulator, the ASA, upheld a complaint against a "PPD free" dye for exactly this reason: it contained PTD. If you or a client has ever reacted to hair dye, a PPD-free label is not a workaround. Get medical advice before any oxidative colour.

The test is a precaution, not a guarantee. The EU's scientific committee (SCCS, 2019) "cannot, at this stage, endorse" the self-test, and an earlier EU committee (SCCP, 2007, preliminary opinion) noted that test reactions can take up to 7 days to appear. No UK statute we found requires a 48-hour test; any duty comes indirectly, for example from the maker's instructions. Do the test the leaflet asks for, and treat a clear result as reassurance, not proof.

What lifts in the No Yellow line?

Fanola claims no lift for either toner: Glow & Glossy is sold as "No Lift", and the No Yellow Color Toner page makes no lifting claim. That toning cancels warmth is standard colour-wheel reasoning, though it has not been tested independently on hair. If hair is still orange or too dark, a colourist will lift it first. On Fanola's own pages, the Ice colours lift up to 3 levels, the super-lightening series up to 5, and the pigment-free ML00 up to 3 on natural hair and 2 on coloured hair. Beyond that it is bleach.

Our listings match pigment to base: violet for medium bases (levels 5 to 7), blue for dark bases (levels 3/5), green for dark bases (level 4/6) (not stated on Fanola's own pages), the same logic as blue shampoo for orange tones and green shampoo for red tones.

Lift figures are ceilings, and a maximum time is a limit, not a target.

Common questions

Is the Fanola No Yellow Color Toner permanent?

Fanola's page does not use the word "permanent", but the toner is "ammonia-based" and its ingredients include oxidation dye precursors such as PTD, which is how permanent-type colour is built. Fanola publishes no wash count for it; Glow & Glossy's is up to 15 to 20 washes.

Can a toning shampoo replace a professional toner?

Not for the same job. No Yellow shampoo deposits violet pigment at the basin with no developer. The No Yellow Color Toner is an ammonia colour mixed 1:2 with developer during a colour service. Shampoo maintains tone between appointments; it does not replace the service.

Do I need a patch test for toner?

For Fanola's toners, yes. Both are oxidative colours mixed with developer, and both contain dye precursors: the No Yellow Color Toner lists PTD, and several Glow & Glossy shade pages do too. Fanola's web pages print no test method, so follow the allergy test in the pack leaflet.

Can I use the No Yellow toner at home?

Fanola describes the No Yellow Color system as colour for professional technical services. It contains PTD, needs an allergy test, is mixed with developer and has no published processing time, which makes it a salon job. For home maintenance between visits, use a toning shampoo.

Always follow the instructions supplied with the product, wear gloves, and do the allergy test the pack asks for. If you are unsure about a toning, lightening or colour-correction service, see a professional colourist.