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icons 1 RADIAL, a look from Joico's Turn Style Collection features varying shades of copper and beige against a cool, dark base color. 1 2 2 VORTEX features a reverse ombré effect with color transitioning from light at the scalp to darker at the ends. her winning year Sue Pemberton discusses her signature look, the ombré trend and her record-breaking NAHA win. SUE PEMBERTON has won a NAHA for Colorist of the Year twice. 20 International Vero K-PAK Color Artistic Director Sue Pemberton, what happened in Vegas this July did not stay in Vegas, and that's a good thing because being named Colorist of the Year for the second time definitely gives her bragging rights. No one else has ever been named Colorist of the Year more than once. What's more, Pemberton is the only colorist to have been nominated in that category a record seven times. "I wanted to win again," Pemberton says, "but you never know how NAHA is going to go." Pemberton is known for her use of bold, vivid color. "I was told years ago to have a signature look, whether you're working in a salon or doing what I do," she says. "Although I can do naturallooking blondes or brunettes with caramel highlights, it's not what I like to do." For Pemberton the paintings of Impressionist artist Claude Monet are an inspiration. "His work is very textured, very vivid and very bright." Pemberton is proud of the fact that when she was named Colorist of the Year in 2008, she won with green hair. "I was showing the world that green doesn't have to be an ugly color," she says. "It's not that it hadn't been done before, but I wanted to show that if it's done well, green can look beautiful artistically." Pemberton spends a lot of time observing colors that occur naturally in the world around us. "Look at an animal's fur or a butterfly," she says. "Tere are so many color combinations." So where does Pemberton see the ombré trend going? "I honestly think that ombré will become even more popular. It's a great concept, but you don't have to do the traditional ombré where you go from brown to blonde or beige tips. You can do ombré with a variety of colors, like purple at the scalp and copper on the ends, and on both long and short hair." For Pemberton, colorists are merely creating shadow and light with color, and that's what ombré is. "Ombré isn't going anywhere," she says. "It's just evolving." The Colorist | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 | thecoloristmag.com PHOTOGRAPHY: HAMA SANDERS; BRET JACKSON For