Abstract: A clip apparatus for grouping and separating a series of bundles of hair on the scalp of a person, for applying coloring matter to alternating bundles of hair, includes a clip having a clip upper jaw having a forward jaw edge and a rearward jaw edge with a series of notches along the forward jaw edge defining a series of laterally spaced apart hair holding panels for holding bundles of hair against the user scalp, and a clip lower jaw having a forward jaw edge and a rearward jaw edge and having an upwardly projecting comb with comb teeth spaced apart from each other and having tooth free ends configured to engage and support bundles of hair, the comb teeth being positioned so that they swing between adjacent pairs of holding panels when the clip is closed; and a hinge structure interconnecting the clip upper jaw and the clip lower jaw at the rearward jaw edges.