About this block

Colorway Index puts every color the Field Tote has ever shipped in one archive table: the name, the years it ran, units made, a live or retired badge, and the honest note on each retirement. Natural is the original canvas from bag 1 of 8, Whiskey the best seller, Olive Drab retired because “the dye lot drifted and we would not chase it,” Slate because Coal outsold it four to one at the same job.

The colorways are one array, with a status field driving the badge variant. The footer holds the standing offer: one bag in every colorway hangs on the archive wall, retired ones included, and a retired color can return if a run of 300 makes sense, which two of the three have come close to.

When to use

Reach for this block on an archive page, or beside a color picker, where showing the full history, retirements and all, reads more honest than listing only what is in stock. The unit counts and retirement reasons must be real, they will be checked.

A natural flow around it on an Ecommerce Pro page:

Before

• Discontinued graveyard

After

• Bring back ballot
• Restock sections

What you can display

One strong use is the eleven year color archive. Other full history catalogs:

• Fabric archive. An apparel brand listing every mill and weave it has run, with the ones it retired and the reason.
• Flavor archive. A food brand charting every flavor shipped, units sold, and why each discontinued one left the line.
• Finish archive. A furniture maker recording every stain and finish, the years each ran, and what replaced it.

Tip: putting units made next to a retirement reason lets a small honest number, “outsold four to one,” do the explaining for you.