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 Winter

oval · cool

depth: deep
contrast: high
chroma: clear

Cool and dark. Jewel colours against near black.

Colours that lift you

#3E1F47

Aubergine

#8C0B2E

Deep berry

#0B3C49

Pine teal

#1B1B2F

Ink

#D8D3E0

Icy lilac

#2B4C7E

Deep sapphire

#5B1F5B

Byzantium

#0E4D3C

Emerald pine

#A11342

Cranberry

#D9E4F0

Icy blue

Colours that drain you

#C2A38B

Camel

#A9A06B

Soft moss

#F2A65A

Apricot

#B9A98F

Sand

#8F7B6B

Taupe

Your neutrals

#F2F2F4

Icy white

#5A5F6B

Steel grey

#232733

Midnight

#101014

True black

Combinations

Jewel box
Berry and ink
Sapphire

Metal

silver. Polished silver, platinum and white gold. Gold warms a face that does not want warming.

Hair colour

Works: Blue black, Dark espresso, Cool dark brown. Avoid: Golden blonde, Copper, Warm caramel.

How to cut it

oval · long hair

The proportions are balanced, so length and layers can be chosen freely.

full height on top· a little width at the sides· fringe forward· length kept at the back· length past the jaw

Also worksSoft mullet· Long layers· Long shag· Shag· Middle part with curtains· Face-framing pieces· Long with the crown lifted· Deep side part

SkipVery heavy volume at the ears· Fringe down to the eyes

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.