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.

Light Summer

oval · cool

depth: light
contrast: low
chroma: muted

Cool and pale. Everything a shade softer than you expect.

Colours that lift you

#A9C4E0

Light blue

#E3B7C8

Rose

#B9D6C7

Mint

#D7D3E6

Lavender

#8FA9C4

Cornflower

#F0C9D6

Powder pink

#9BC6C2

Seafoam

#C3B7DB

Wisteria

#7FA8D9

Periwinkle

#E7D3E0

Pale orchid

Colours that drain you

#101014

True black

#F58F45

Orange

#7A2E1D

Rust

#C08A25

Mustard

#4A2511

Chocolate

Your neutrals

#F4F2F0

Soft white

#B7BCC4

Pearl grey

#7E8894

Blue grey

#4E5F80

Soft navy

Combinations

Morning
Quiet blue
Lilac haze

Metal

silver. Light silver and white gold. Yellow gold pulls sallow next to you.

Hair colour

Works: Ash blonde, Cool light brown, Soft beige. Avoid: Copper, Golden blonde, Jet black.

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.