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Colours
Every hanky colour, by family
Twelve families from blacks to pinks. The code was built to be read at a distance, so near colours were kept apart on purpose — and where the record holds two, we tell them apart by surface, never by changing the history.
Blacks10 codes · The dark end of the code: black, ink, obsidian, the navies that read as black in a bar.
Whites & creams3 codes · White, ivory, cream, porcelain — the colours that were hardest to read and easiest to keep clean.
Greys & neutrals9 codes · Gunmetal, steel, charcoal, taupe, khaki — the uniform end of the range.
Reds10 codes · Red, scarlet, crimson, burgundy — the first colour anyone learns in the code.
Oranges & corals21 codes · Signal orange, peach, salmon, coral — the “anything goes” family.
Yellows & golds15 codes · Yellow, gold, champagne, mustard — bright in a dark room.
Greens20 codes · Kelly, hunter, forest, lime, olive — daddies, bears and the outdoors.
Teals & aquas13 codes · Teal, turquoise, aqua, seafoam, mint.
Blues11 codes · Light blue, royal, navy, denim, cobalt — the biggest family in the record.
Purples25 codes · Purple, violet, lavender, lilac, plum.
Pinks & magentas12 codes · Hot pink, rose, fuchsia, magenta — from toys to high femme.
Browns & tans7 codes · Brown, rust, copper, tan, sienna.