Soviet schoolgirls wore white floral bantiki in their hair:
https://imgprx.livejournal.net/0af2ae4db14dd86858b9319de7e6b... (note the social distancing sign!)
and at some point I learned of a russian berry or floret with a spherical form that was white while immature but turned red when ripe, which had made me wonder about traditional peasant costume colour codings.
[1] and their promises of sweet nothings? (for which "hunter green" floral dresses might be recommended: as with slobber from fifteen hand hunters, it's a colour well suited to hiding grass stains.) Compare https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24130589
Bonus track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnoqvRGc7pk (I hadn't thought before about confetti drops in the context of cottonwood fluff.)