Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle get compared on almost everything — style, popularity, royal duties. Their actual coloring rarely comes up. That’s a shame, because it’s one of the more genuinely well-sourced comparisons in this entire series.
Kate Middleton — Soft Summer
The strongest source here is Justine Glaser, founder of the professional color-analysis business Colors by Midnight. She places Kate in Soft Summer: a cool, soft, smoky palette built around olive green, plum, and smoky teal, with silver reading better on her than gold. Glaser specifically praised Kate as the royal who most consistently dresses to her own season.
Independent stylist and consultant analyses back this up. Her ash-brown hair (not golden), soft blue-grey or muted hazel eyes, and rosy, cool undertone all point the same direction. One dissenting source argues for a warmer read instead, but it’s a minority view without a named colorist’s backing.
Meghan Markle — Deep Autumn (Contested with Deep Winter)
Justine Glaser also weighed in on Meghan, which is what makes this comparison unusually well-sourced. She places Meghan closer to Dark Autumn leaning Winter, citing strength in deep, warm shades like emerald, deep maroon, and midnight blue, plus a slight preference for gold over silver.
Two more independent sources push further toward Autumn specifically. One argues warmth, not depth, is her dominant trait — she harmonizes with olive, camel, and antique gold rather than icy tones, and cautions that dark hair alone shouldn’t determine a season. Another, an independent stylist, places her between Deep Autumn and Deep Winter based on wardrobe comparisons, noting golden warmth flatters her while bright, blue-based cools tend to look off.
Three sources, working independently, all land in the warm-to-neutral-warm, medium-deep half of the wheel. They diverge on exactly how deep and how warm — which is why we’re presenting Deep Autumn as the best-supported answer while flagging Deep Winter as a real, credentialed alternative.
What the Comparison Actually Teaches You
Put side by side, Kate and Meghan land in genuinely different halves of the color wheel: Kate’s palette is cool and soft, while Meghan’s is warm and rich. That’s a useful real-world example of how two women in the same public role, photographed by the same cameras under the same lighting, can still read as opposite seasons once you look past matching formalwear.
It’s also a good example of a well-sourced disagreement rather than a guess. The same named colorist analyzed both women, and multiple independent sources corroborate each read — that’s a stronger evidence base than most celebrity comparisons get.
Find Your Own Season
If you saw a little of yourself in either palette, it’s worth checking properly rather than guessing from photos alone. Start here to find your personal colors, or browse the shop for tools that make testing easier.
FAQ
Have Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle had official color analyses?
No confirmed diagnoses exist for either woman. These reads come from independent professional colorists and stylists analyzing their public wardrobes, not an endorsed royal statement.
Is Meghan Markle Deep Autumn or Deep Winter?
Sources genuinely disagree. We went with Deep Autumn because more independent evidence supports the warmth argument, but a credentialed colorist has made the case for Deep Winter too.
Why is this comparison better-sourced than most in the series?
Because the same named professional colorist, Justine Glaser, analyzed both women, and multiple other independent sources corroborate her reads — that kind of overlap is rare in celebrity color analysis.
Season reads for public figures are educated inferences from public photos and reporting, not confirmed diagnoses. Use them as a starting point for your own color discovery, not a final answer.
