In November 1934, Princess Marina of Greece married the Duke of Kent. It was reported in newspapers throughout the UK just before the wedding that she was to have a colour named after her to mark the occasion. At the behest of The Colour Council, she consented to let her name be used for a new shade of green. Marina Green was a bluish green, apparently very subtle and suitable for evening dresses. Interesting that green was used and not the more predictable blue - it was still the fashionable colour.
By December, boxes of Christmas bonbons were being packaged in boxes of a Marina Green shade.
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