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 Spring

round · warm

depth: medium
contrast: medium
chroma: clear

Golden and alive. Warmth without any grey in it.

Colours that lift you

#F58F45

Orange

#F5C543

Golden yellow

#A8C13F

Leaf

#4CBFA6

Turquoise

#E2523B

Tomato

#F0846A

Warm coral

#3FA9C9

Lagoon

#D94E7A

Warm pink

#C9A227

Old gold

#6FBF73

Grass

Colours that drain you

#101014

True black

#8593A3

Slate grey

#B9AEB6

Dusty lilac

#3E1F47

Aubergine

#C9D3E0

Icy powder

Your neutrals

#F2E8D5

Cream

#C79A5B

Camel

#8A6A3F

Warm brown

#3D6B7D

Teal navy

Combinations

Full sun
Lagoon
Earth and leaf

Metal

gold. Bright yellow gold. Silver reads flat and cold against you.

Hair colour

Works: Golden blonde, Copper, Warm caramel. Avoid: Ash blonde, Blue black, Cool mahogany.

How to cut it

round · long hair

Work vertically: length past the chin, volume high rather than at the cheeks.

some height on top· a little width at the sides· parted to one side· length past the jaw

Also worksWolf cut· Long with the crown lifted· Long mullet· Soft mullet· Long layers· Long with loose waves· Long shag

SkipChin-length bobs· Blunt fringe straight across

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.