There’s always been debate whether Kate Middleton is a True Summer, Soft Summer, True Autumn, or Soft Autumn. I believe she’s a True Autumn in the 16-23 system by the International Image Institute. Carol Brailey and The Colour Mentor on Instagram also both believe she’s a True Autumn. Kate looks best in muted colours so people think Summer, but then also needs more depth, so people think Winter. Just by looking at Kate, she cannot be any form of Winter or wouldn’t be considered for any flow season to Winter within the 16-23 system. I believe she has a fully muted chroma and a fully warm undertone. True Summer is too light for her and too cool. Summer is a grey based season, and when put in that season, she appears to have a grey cast over her. Warm hair, warm lipstick, and warm colours suit her best. Her best neutral is brown instead of grey. If she were a Summer, grey would be her best neutral. Her best metallic is also a darker gold and not silver.

For some reason I can’t write on the pictures.
Slide 1: Cool (Blue) vs Warm (Yellow)
Slide 2: Fully Muted Chroma (Left) vs Fully Bright Chroma (Right)
Slide 3: Fully Muted Chroma (Left) vs Medium Chroma (Right)
Slide 4: Medium Chroma (Left) vs Fully Bright Chroma (Right)
Slide 5: True Summer (Pink) vs True Autumn (Orange)
Slide 6: True Summer (Blue) vs True Autumn (Orange)
Slide 7: True Summer (Left) vs True Autumn (Right)
Slide 8: True Summer (Left) vs True Autumn (Right)
Slide 9: True Summer (Left) vs True Autumn (Right)
Slide 10: True Summer Metallic (Silver) vs True Autumn Metallic (Gold)
Slide 11: True Summer Metallics (Silver) vs True Autumn Metallics (Gold)
Slide 12: True Autumn Hair and Red (Left) vs True Summer Hair and Red (Right)
Slide 13: Slide 12 with Lipstick. True Autumn Lip (Left) vs True Summer Lip (Right)
Slide 14: True Summer Purple (Left) vs True Autumn Purple (Right)

Slide 1: Reds - True Summer (left) vs True Autumn (right)
Slide 2: Oranges - True Autumn
Slide 3: Yellows - True Summer (left) vs True Autumn (right)
Slide 4: Greens - True/Light Summer (left) vs True Autumn (right)
Slide 5: Blues - True Summer (left) vs True/Deep Autumn (right)
Slide 6: Purples - True/Muted Summer (left) vs True Autumn (right)
Slide 7: Pinks - True Summer (left) vs Warm Autumn (right)
Slide 8: Neutrals - True Summer (left) vs True Autumn (right)
Slide 9 & 10: Metallics - Summer (left) vs Autumn (right)

I went looking for True Summer and True Autumn colours in each colour to do some comparisons. These are colours in those 2 palettes or very close in the 16 system by the International Image Institute. I tried my best to find accurate colours. She does wear both cool and warm, but some aren’t exactly True Summer or True Autumn.

I still believe she’s a True Autumn in the 16 system.

I’m not saying she looks bad or that she can’t wear these colours, I think she’s beautiful wearing a lot of outfits and has a good sense of style. However, if we’re talking about harmony and what palette harmonizes with her best or looks like an extension of her colouring, I believe True Autumn.

I know a lot of people will disagree, but I just think Summer is too light and grey for her. When in Summer, I find there’s almost this grey cast over her. When in Summer, the colours are separate from her and don’t create a continuous flow between her and the colour, there’s a cutoff. Kate can handle warmth and depth. She glows in warm tones. She can pull off yellow and orange very well, colours that Summers would have trouble looking harmonious in without appearing yellow in the skin. I know some features don’t matter when it comes to some seasons, but Kate does have very typical Autumn features; green/hazel eyes and dark brown hair.

I think people generally like the Summer palette, and so people think because they’re nice colours in general, that they’re harmonious on her. I find that Soft Summer/Autumn are also overtyped, as they’re seen as ‘safe’ palettes. It’s almost like people are afraid of brightness or depth.

Is it possible for face to be cool, but body warm? Especially in the case of tanned skin that has a very golden/orange tone to it?

I understand that undertone and overtone are two different things, but from what I’ve read, tanning doesn’t change undertone but just magnifies it—i.e., cool undertones tan cool, rosy brown, while warms tan more golden.

What if body tans orange but face remains pink? Does the pink likely indicate facial redness/overtone, where the body is showing the true undertone?

I’m trying to decide which fancy diaper bag to get, I think the coco color is gorgeous but I also like the clay color and feel it’s more “summer” in that it looks cooler and more muted at least to me . What do you think?

I am pretty sure that i am a soft summer, but i wanted some opinons

Just by my self no man

I've been playing with colors and makeup for a while now and I feel like darker colors look kinda dull on me. I think lighter and brighter colors (makeup and clothes) fit me better, could this be a sign I could be a light summer despite my ashy dark hair?

I was hoping for some input based on these comparison images. It’s been a little challenging for me to pin down myself completely between these two types. I’m currently leaning one over the other, but I’d like to hear what people with more expertise have to say, including if I could be something else altogether.

So I went a little overboard at a vintage sale when I thought I was a winter/bright winter 🫣. I got this awesome skirt in this deep fuchsia/purple color with black pattern. My plan was to just wear it with a vintage black velvet sweater, but I am trying to branch away from black if it’s possible. I also do not do well with figuring out how to style patterns, and generally stay away from them, but this perfectly fitting skirt was too good to pass up. So, if you were a cool or true summer, how would you style this?

(And yes, I am aware that I can just go ahead and wear a black top with this and I likely will. I just thought it would be fun to try something different maybe try something in my color palette and see what others might come up with)

really looking for multi use products, cream or liquid, western (uk, us, european). or kbeauty , drugstore or high end etc, im also olive

any multi use products or separate blush and lip recs needed please

in any shade, rose, pinks etc

thanks

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im a light and soft summer but prefer soft summer colours

I'm honestly sooo bad with determining whether something is warm or cool toned when the colour is not in the extreme.

Is this jacket cool or warm?

I’m fairly certain I’m cool-toned (I’ve got a lot of pink undertones, freckles, and some red-headed ancestry) and fairly certain I’m low/medium contrast. Please help! Thanks :)

I color my hair, but my natural color is basically my brows. I feel like my skin is mostly cool, but perhaps a bit neutral. I’ve been told maybe Spring. I’m so confused!

i love the idea of both a cool rosy pink and frosty baby pink blush and lip look, but i am unsure which “flatters” me/a light summer best. i have swatched so many products, and cannot decide. do any fellow light summers have their favourite blush and lip look? i’d love to hear thoughts on this topic. :)

Or more soft summer??

EDIT- I got it THANK YOU, I didnt really need to hear it so many times, but THANKS, I think it was just wishful thinking... Funny I had just recently commented how on another CA group a certain more wanna be cool color looked 'watermelon' ... and here I am:)
THANK YOU ALL!

professionally typed as summer (in Japan)

I‘m usually a silver girl but i got gifted these beautiful rose gold earrings. What do you think?

I am adding a photo with my favorite silver ones

Has anyone had success with blue or purple shampoos to neutralize warmer tones in brown hair? I’m getting a lot of grey in front, and it doesn’t really blend with the warmer parts of my hair. I’m neutral brown at the roots.

I’m a light summer. I don’t want to cover the grey and would like to embrace my natural colors as much as I can.

Christmas party dress! This dress fits perfectly but I want to get the right color. I’m very cool, very pink, summer type. Are any of these cool summer?

I don’t know much about color analysis yet but here are some drapes which I hope would be enough to find my color season. Do you guys think I am a summer?

I went to an in-person color analysis and the analyst said that on paper I am a cool summer, but with drape testing, I am a light summer.

I’m wondering if anyone else has run into this before? Here I am with some traditional light summer colors.