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 Summer

square · cool

depth: medium
contrast: low
chroma: muted

Cool and hazy. Grey is a colour here, not an absence.

Colours that lift you

#8593A3

Slate

#A88C99

Mauve

#7E8C7C

Sage grey

#B9AEB6

Soft lilac

#5E6B75

Denim

#96706F

Dusty rosewood

#7D9490

Eucalyptus

#8E7F9E

Muted plum

#A3B1BF

Fog blue

#6F7F8C

Stormy blue

Colours that drain you

#FF5A3C

Bright coral

#FFD400

Bright yellow

#101014

True black

#E8007D

Hot pink

#F2F2F2

Stark white

Your neutrals

#EDEAE6

Oyster

#9E9A94

Greige

#6C6A69

Pewter

#465364

Muted navy

Combinations

Overcast
Dusk
Herb garden

Metal

silver. Matte silver or pewter. High polish is louder than the rest of you.

Hair colour

Works: Ash brown, Cool mushroom, Soft mocha. Avoid: Bright copper, Platinum, 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.