Color forecasters, manufacturers and store buyers closely follow the annual color selection, which sets trends in everything from nail polish and handbags to carpeting and car paint.
His route ran close to those neighbours' borders, with brief hops across, for instance to meet the Polish president and prime minister, and to visit a Skoda car factory, in the Czech republic but owned by Volkswagen.
An alleged plot is said to have been hatched between the three Polish nationals, resulting in the body of Miss Wells-Burr being discovered in her burning car in a field in Chard.