With so many different colors in the handkerchief codes, here is a handy list of abbreviations.
| Color | Abbrev |
|---|---|
| airforce.blue | af.bl |
| apricot | ap |
| aqua | aq |
| beige | bg |
| black | bk |
| black_white~check | bk_wt~ck |
| black_white~stripes | bk_wh~st |
| blue | bl |
| blue_white~stripes | bl_wh~st |
| brown | bn |
| brown_white~stripes | bn_wh~st |
| brown~lace | bn~LC |
| charcoal | ch |
| copper | cp |
| coral | cl |
| cream | CR |
| cyan | cy |
| dark.pink | dk.pk |
| dark.red | dk.rd |
| fuschia | fs |
| gold | gd |
| gray | gy |
| green | gn |
| holstein | hl.wt |
| kelly.green | kl.gn |
| lavender | lv |
| light.blue | lt.bl |
| light.blue_black~dots | lt.bl_bk~dt |
| light.blue_brown~dots | lt.bl_bn~dt |
| light.blue_white~dots | lt.bl_wt~dt |
| light.blue_yellow~dots | lt.bl_yl~dt |
| light.pink | lt.pk |
| lime | lm |
| magenta | mg |
| maroon | mr |
| mauve | mv |
| medium.blue | md.bl |
| mustard | mu |
| olive | ol |
| orange | or |
| paisley | ps |
| pale.yellow | pl.yl |
| pink | pk |
| puce | pc |
| purple | pu |
| red | rd |
| red_black~stripes | rd_bk~st |
| red_white~gingham | rd_wt~gh |
| red_white~stripes | rd_wh~st |
| robinegg.blue | re.bl |
| rust | ru |
| silver | sl |
| tan | tn |
| teal | tl |
| teal.blue | tl.bl |
| white | wt |
| white~lace | wt~lc |
| yellow | yl |
| yellow_white~stripes | yl_wh~st |
Color abbreviations are part of the Hanky2 Color Shorthand
Full color names can be used -> BLUE 2 blue or for more compact representations, use BL2bl
Many colors come in shades, review color shades for shades of Green like Lime, Kelly and Hunter ( and the abbreviations for each).
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