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 · medium hair

Everything vertical: a centre line, length past the jaw, and nothing wide at the cheek.

full height on top· a little width at the sides· fringe forward· length kept at the back

Also worksSlicked back, no part· Soft mullet· Middle part with curtains· Grown-out textured crop· Long bob to the collarbone

SkipWidth at the cheekbone· A chin-length blunt bob

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.