What's with that green dress?

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“dressed for dinner in a cool green gown the colour of sage leaves, was the queen of Attolia. Embroidered around the neck of the dress was a ring of flowers, white petals on the green ground, with delicate leaves a shade darker than the dress." - QoA

Why does Attolia wear green for the hand-cutting scene when she almost always wears red? In the KoA scene with her, Relius, and Gen, it's mentioned her wardrobe is fairly uniform. Not to mention her official "crown" and symbol of her authority as queen is the matching Hesphestia-style headband with rubies.

Perhaps she wore a random green dress for the hand cutting scene to match Nahuseresh, who is said in QoA to have different sets of emeralds sewn onto his clothing by his valet. At this point, Phresine says he should wear something to match better with rubies/red. (This is before Chloe says “something that goes better with the beard” and gets sent out.) It was Nahuseresh’s idea not to hang Gen, and Attolia might have wanted to compliment him by matching his clothes at dinner. Or as a subtle hint she can still make queenly decisions when she’s not wearing less regal clothing.

 

The man who brings Eddis the news of Gen’s capture says Attolia is going to make Gen pay for leaving things around i.e. those matching ruby earrings. So she must have been very angry for some random messenger to pick up exact intentions like that.

 

She feels angry because Gen had the audacity to think he knows what she likes. Deep down she does like them (she admits it later on) but she can't wear them because she feels she's being mocked. So she wears green so she doesn't have to think about the matching earrings while she cuts off his hand.

But then again, she could be wearing her ruby headband with the green dress anyway, which would chuck this theory down the drain. But Phresine, Attolia’s most senior attendant does specify confidently that red rubies and emerald green don’t match!

 

Of course it’s possible her red clothes were all being washed… What do you think?