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.

Deep Winter

oblong · cool

depth: deep
contrast: high
chroma: clear

Cool and dark. Jewel colours against near black.

Colours that lift you

#3E1F47

Aubergine

#8C0B2E

Deep berry

#0B3C49

Pine teal

#1B1B2F

Ink

#D8D3E0

Icy lilac

#2B4C7E

Deep sapphire

#5B1F5B

Byzantium

#0E4D3C

Emerald pine

#A11342

Cranberry

#D9E4F0

Icy blue

Colours that drain you

#C2A38B

Camel

#A9A06B

Soft moss

#F2A65A

Apricot

#B9A98F

Sand

#8F7B6B

Taupe

Your neutrals

#F2F2F4

Icy white

#5A5F6B

Steel grey

#232733

Midnight

#101014

True black

Combinations

Jewel box
Berry and ink
Sapphire

Metal

silver. Polished silver, platinum and white gold. Gold warms a face that does not want warming.

Hair colour

Works: Blue black, Dark espresso, Cool dark brown. Avoid: Golden blonde, Copper, Warm caramel.

How to cut it

oblong · medium hair

Width at the sides and something across the forehead, because both take length out of the face.

flat on top· full width at the sides

Also worksDeep side part· Shag· Soft mullet· Classic side part· Wolf cut· Long bob to the collarbone

SkipHeight on top· Long, flat, one-length hair

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.