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

oval · 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

oval · short hair

Nothing needs correcting, so the cut can be about texture and a clean edge.

some height on top· a little width at the sides· fringe forward· parted to one side

Also worksHigh fade with a pompadour· French crop· Classic side part· Crop with a broken fringe· Mid fade with a short quiff

SkipUniform bowl shapes· Heavy fringe over the eyes

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.