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HC-175 · HOST PURPLE · Extended historical · 2020–2025 · The 175 · extended record
Drop 2 · The RolesEdition of 25 per side · opens Mon 2 Nov 2026 · Family 48 hours early · closes Sun 22 Nov 2026

What does a Host Purple hanky mean?

Event Organiser. Left pocket: Organiser / Host. Right pocket: Participant.

Event Organiser — HOST PURPLE hanky code print, left pocket: ORGANISER
Left pocket · givesOrganiser / Host
Event Organiser — HOST PURPLE hanky code print, right pocket: PARTICIPANT
Right pocket · receivesParticipant
ReferenceHC-175
ColourHOST PURPLE · #9466B4
Era2020-2025
OriginExtended historical · 2020–2025

Where it sits in the story

Event Organiser entered the code through the extended bar charts and community lists of the 2020–2025s. Left pocket: organiser or host. Right pocket: participant. Part of the living record — documented, argued over and revised by the people who wore it.

197220261980 · Extended bar charts · Damron

Timeline stage: 1980 · Extended bar charts · Damron. Read the full history →

Own it

The swatchThe print at phone size with a name in the margin, sent phone to phone. Make it yours or make it for the person who should read you. No account, no email.
Free
Send it
Send a postcardA real postcard, printed and posted for you — HC-175, their name on it, in an envelope on your doormat or theirs. Unsigned, unnumbered. The impulse buy: no account beyond an address.
£15
Left · OrganiserRight · Participant
The Print · A3Giclée A3 on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, posted flat by Prodigi, our print partner. Unsigned. Always on — ordered at will, no window, no clock — numbered in the Register in order of sale, with the Register QR printed in the margin.
£50
Print · leftPrint · right
The Print · the pairBoth pockets, posted flat together.
£90
The Print pair
The Edition · Family onlyGiclée on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, A3, numbered and blind-stamped by the studio, entered in the Register and anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain. Drawn only from The 175 — the historical record — this code is one of them. 25 per side, released to members in dated drops, on a published escalator: nos 1–10 £300 · 11–20 £400 · 21–25 £500 — the price rises as it sells, stated in advance, verifiable in the Register.
from £300
Join the Family · free

Drop 2 · The Roles · Family early access Sat 31 Oct 2026 · opens Mon 2 Nov 2026 · closes Sun 22 Nov 2026.

Adults only. We store the address for this drop and delete it when the drop closes unless you are in the Family. How we handle data.

Where it comes from. Documented in later bar charts and community lists, 1980s–1990s. Part of the living record.

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The match Send the right pocket — Participant Send the left pocket — Organiser
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Colours next to this one

The code was read across a room, so what sits next to a colour matters. Nearest by eye, from the Purples family and beyond.

RENDER — RENDERING GRADIENT hanky code print, left pocketRENDERRENDERING GRADIENT · 3D ARTIST / POLYGONPolycule — NETWORK MULTI hanky code print, left pocketPolyculeNETWORK MULTI · POLYCULE HUB / POLYCULE NODEORACLE — MYSTIC VIOLET hanky code print, left pocketORACLEMYSTIC VIOLET · PROPHECY GIVER / PROPHECY SUBShaving — PLUM hanky code print, left pocketShavingPLUM · SHAVER / SHAVED

Same question, other answers

In the same cluster: Your place in the room.

Community Leader — TORCH GOLD hanky code print, left pocketCommunity LeaderTORCH GOLD · MOVEMENT LEADER / MOVEMENT MEMBERElder / Mentor — WISE SILVER hanky code print, left pocketElder / MentorWISE SILVER · COMMUNITY ELDER / MENTEEArchivist / Historian — PARCHMENT TAN hanky code print, left pocketArchivist / HistorianPARCHMENT TAN · HISTORY KEEPER / HISTORY LEARNERActivist — PROTEST RED hanky code print, left pocketActivistPROTEST RED · ACTIVIST LEADER / SUPPORTER
← HC-174 Archivist / HistorianRegister entryAll clustersHC-177 Activist →

Generated from the HankyCode Master v3 row HC-175 · checked by HankyFamily · last built 2026-09-20