Sample reading

Estima now runs as a demo. Scanning is switched off and no photographs are read. This card is built from the same tables a real scan used, so you can see exactly what Estima hands you. Pick a season and a face shape to see how the card changes.

Deep Autumn

square · warm

depth: deep
contrast: high
chroma: muted

Warm and dark. Colour with weight behind it.

Colours that lift you

#7A2E1D

Rust

#4A2511

Chocolate

#8C6A1B

Dark gold

#2E3B2A

Forest

#0B3C49

Deep teal

#6B1E1E

Oxblood

#54341A

Bitter chocolate

#3E4C1F

Dark olive

#8E3B18

Burnt sienna

#5A2A3A

Deep plum brown

Colours that drain you

#F0C9D6

Powder pink

#B9D6C7

Mint

#D7D3E6

Lavender

#C9D3E0

Icy powder

#A9C4E0

Light blue

Your neutrals

#E4D5BB

Bone

#8B6B45

Dark camel

#3B2C20

Espresso

#1F2A24

Black forest

Combinations

Ember
Deep wood
Teal and rust

Metal

gold. Deep antique gold and bronze. Keep silver small and away from the face.

Hair colour

Works: Dark auburn, Espresso brown, Deep chestnut. Avoid: Ash blonde, Silver grey, Pastel tones.

How to cut it

square · long hair

Round the corners: waves and layers around the jaw instead of straight lines.

some height on top· a little width at the sides· parted to one side· length past the jaw

Also worksShag· Long layers· Wolf cut· Soft mullet· Long with loose waves· Long mullet· Long shag· Long with the crown lifted

SkipOne-length cut ending at the jaw· Flat, straight hair with a centre part

How a real reading worked

Two photographs went to a model that only classified: undertone, depth, contrast, chroma, face shape and hair length, each from a closed list. The season then came from those readings through a fixed table, not from a model deciding on the spot, which is why the same photographs always gave the same season. Estima never stored the photographs.