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.

True Autumn

square · warm

depth: medium
contrast: medium
chroma: muted

Earth and spice. The richest end of warm.

Colours that lift you

#B4552B

Terracotta

#C08A25

Mustard

#8A4B2A

Copper

#6E7B36

Moss

#3F4A2E

Deep olive

#A6491F

Burnt orange

#7C6218

Bronze

#2F5D50

Pine

#96351E

Brick

#B98B3C

Ochre

Colours that drain you

#F0C9D6

Powder pink

#C9D3E0

Icy powder

#101014

True black

#F2F2F2

Stark white

#B44BE8

Bright violet

Your neutrals

#EDE0C8

Wheat

#A87B4E

Camel

#5C4630

Coffee

#3A4038

Dark moss

Combinations

Spice
Forest floor
Copper and pine

Metal

gold. Warm yellow gold, bronze and copper. Silver reads grey on your skin.

Hair colour

Works: Auburn, Copper, Chestnut. Avoid: Ash blonde, Platinum, Blue 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.