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.

Light Spring

square · warm

depth: light
contrast: low
chroma: clear

Warm and light. Colour that stays weightless.

Colours that lift you

#F7C9A9

Peach

#F2A65A

Apricot

#F4E285

Butter

#7FD1C1

Aqua

#E86F5C

Coral

#BFD9A0

Sprout

#F9B9C3

Shell pink

#8FC7E8

Sky

#E9C46A

Honey

#D3A8D8

Light orchid

Colours that drain you

#101014

True black

#3E1F47

Aubergine

#5A5A5A

Charcoal grey

#7A2E1D

Rust

#0F2B5B

Navy

Your neutrals

#F5EEE3

Ivory

#D9C3A5

Light camel

#B8A48C

Warm taupe

#8FA6B8

Soft denim

Combinations

Warm daylight
Soft coral
Garden

Metal

gold. Light, warm gold. Rose gold works too. Heavy antique gold overwhelms you.

Hair colour

Works: Golden blonde, Honey, Light copper. Avoid: Blue black, Ash brown, Platinum white.

How to cut it

square · medium hair

Soften the corner of the jaw, and let the weight fall below it rather than along it.

some height on top· full width at the sides· fringe forward

Also worksLong bob to the collarbone· Wolf cut· Deep side part· Slicked back, no part· Classic side part· Mod cut· Grown-out textured crop

SkipA blunt line level with the jaw· Tight flat sides

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.