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HC-177 · PROTEST RED · 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 Protest Red hanky mean?

Activist. Left pocket: Activist Leader. Right pocket: Supporter.

Activist — PROTEST RED hanky code print, left pocket: ACTIVIST LEADER
Left pocket · givesActivist Leader
Activist — PROTEST RED hanky code print, right pocket: SUPPORTER
Right pocket · receivesSupporter
ReferenceHC-177
ColourPROTEST RED · #F10F12
Era2020-2025
OriginExtended historical · 2020–2025

Where it sits in the story

Activist entered the code through the extended bar charts and community lists of the 2020–2025s. Left pocket: activist leader. Right pocket: supporter. 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-177, their name on it, in an envelope on your doormat or theirs. Unsigned, unnumbered. The impulse buy: no account beyond an address.
£15
Left · Activist LeaderRight · Supporter
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
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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 — Supporter Send the left pocket — Activist Leader
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The code was read across a room, so what sits next to a colour matters. Nearest by eye, from the Oranges & corals family and beyond.

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Same question, other answers

In the same cluster: Your place in the room.

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Generated from the HankyCode Master v3 row HC-177 · checked by HankyFamily · last built 2026-09-20