Hanky Color Abbreviations - Hanky Code Pair

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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