I just got a brand new Kit doll within the last couple of months, and her eyes are a deep aquamarine, not pale at all. I think it's just the camera angles, or the bright lighting needed for the photographs that are making here eyes appear lighter. I had an older Kit doll with Silver Eye, (which is why I got a new doll) and I got the replacement before I sent the old one in, and their eyes were the same color.