What does a host purple hanky mean in the left pocket?

In the hanky code, host purple worn in the left pocket means: Organiser / Host.

What does a host purple hanky mean in the right pocket?

In the hanky code, host purple worn in the right pocket means: Participant.

Where does the host purple code come from?

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.

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HC-175 · HOST PURPLE · Extended historical · 2020–2025

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 · gives**Organiser / Host

Event Organiser — HOST PURPLE hanky code print, right pocket: PARTICIPANT — **Right pocket · receives**Participant

ReferenceHC-175

ColourHOST PURPLE · #9466B4

Era2020-2025

OriginExtended historical · 2020–2025

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The Study · one sideNumbered digital edition of 250 per side: the press-ready A3 file with the HANKY FAMILY® mark and HC-175 in the margin, certificate, provenance card, hanging spec. The full £30 is credited against the Edition within twelve months.

£30

Left · Organiser Right · Participant

The Study · the pairBoth pockets, hung the way you stand. Left gives, right receives.

£50

The Study pair

The Print · A3Giclée A3 on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, made by Prodigi, our print partner, and posted to you rolled in a tube. Unsigned. A timed edition — open for the 21 days of its drop, then closed for good — numbered in the Register in order of sale, with the Register QR printed in the margin. Also in our TikTok Shop and on Etsy at the same price.

£60

Print · left Print · right

The Print · the pairBoth pockets, posted together in one tube.

£110

The Print pair

The Edition · Family onlyGiclée on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, A3, 25 per side, signed, numbered, blind-stamped, entered in the Register and anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain. Open to members for 21 days from the drop date; when the window closes the edition closes at the number it reached. Pair £280.

£150

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