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

square · 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

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.