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 Autumn

heart · warm

depth: medium
contrast: low
chroma: muted

Warm and dusty. Colour with the volume turned down.

Colours that lift you

#C08A6E

Clay

#C2A38B

Camel

#A9A06B

Soft moss

#6E7F73

Sage

#8F7B6B

Taupe

#B08268

Terracotta rose

#9C8F5F

Olive gold

#7E9285

Dry eucalyptus

#B5836F

Adobe

#8C6F52

Hazel

Colours that drain you

#101014

True black

#F2F2F2

Stark white

#E8007D

Hot pink

#2E6FFF

Clear blue

#00B5AD

Bright turquoise

Your neutrals

#EFE7D9

Oat

#B9A98F

Sand

#7A6A58

Cocoa taupe

#4F5A4A

Forest grey

Combinations

Dry season
Sage and clay
Hazel

Metal

gold. Antique or brushed gold, and bronze. Bright silver goes cold on you.

Hair colour

Works: Warm mushroom brown, Soft caramel, Bronze. Avoid: Platinum, Blue black, Ash grey.

How to cut it

heart · medium hair

Build weight back up at the jaw, and keep the forehead from being the widest thing on show.

some height on top· a little width at the sides· fringe forward

Also worksMod cut· Classic side part· Deep side part· Middle part with curtains· Wolf cut· Shag

SkipHeight stacked at the crown· Everything swept off the forehead

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.