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 Summer

oval · cool

depth: medium
contrast: low
chroma: muted

Cool and hazy. Grey is a colour here, not an absence.

Colours that lift you

#8593A3

Slate

#A88C99

Mauve

#7E8C7C

Sage grey

#B9AEB6

Soft lilac

#5E6B75

Denim

#96706F

Dusty rosewood

#7D9490

Eucalyptus

#8E7F9E

Muted plum

#A3B1BF

Fog blue

#6F7F8C

Stormy blue

Colours that drain you

#FF5A3C

Bright coral

#FFD400

Bright yellow

#101014

True black

#E8007D

Hot pink

#F2F2F2

Stark white

Your neutrals

#EDEAE6

Oyster

#9E9A94

Greige

#6C6A69

Pewter

#465364

Muted navy

Combinations

Overcast
Dusk
Herb garden

Metal

silver. Matte silver or pewter. High polish is louder than the rest of you.

Hair colour

Works: Ash brown, Cool mushroom, Soft mocha. Avoid: Bright copper, Platinum, Jet black.

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.