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.

Soft Autumn

oval · warm

depth: medium
contrast: low
chroma: muted

Warm and dusty. Colour with the volume turned down.

Colours that lift you

#C08A6E

Clay

#C2A38B

Camel

#A9A06B

Soft moss

#6E7F73

Sage

#8F7B6B

Taupe

#B08268

Terracotta rose

#9C8F5F

Olive gold

#7E9285

Dry eucalyptus

#B5836F

Adobe

#8C6F52

Hazel

Colours that drain you

#101014

True black

#F2F2F2

Stark white

#E8007D

Hot pink

#2E6FFF

Clear blue

#00B5AD

Bright turquoise

Your neutrals

#EFE7D9

Oat

#B9A98F

Sand

#7A6A58

Cocoa taupe

#4F5A4A

Forest grey

Combinations

Dry season
Sage and clay
Hazel

Metal

gold. Antique or brushed gold, and bronze. Bright silver goes cold on you.

Hair colour

Works: Warm mushroom brown, Soft caramel, Bronze. Avoid: Platinum, Blue black, Ash grey.

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.