What exactly is it related to...that might help a tad.

What Sal said,.
Most code breaking starts with some point of reference.

"You are here --> ."

Does that help?

Immensely Dave, giver me another 15 minutes or so and I think I will have it solved!

The site (don't remember which one anymore) where I got it from said something like, "the solution is self-evident". My guess is that the information needed to solve it is already there.

The other thought I had was maybe the words underneath the numbers are a clue. The way it's worded, etc.

Also, the plus sign + is not helping.

I like cryptograms, but this doesn't seem like a simple substitution cipher.

~Michael

The colours certainly don't make it easier either!

Number of white squares/dots in front of each line: 27, 14, 0, 24. For general reference.

The plus sign after 375 coupled with the lack of dots before 6089 lead me to wonder if those two numbers are a single element.

I did trot down the path of thinking maybe the numbers referred to how many of each colour there were (1 "8", 2 "9"s) but then I more or less hit a wall.

And then, continuing the counting theme, I thought the numbers represented iterations of each letter - but there are too many letters that only appear once (U, Y, B, K, D at least) and only two "1"s.

One final meander into the depths of all that is random: 375+6089 = 6464. Relevant?

Gil-Ad

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Maybe this is the answer to 'what is the sound of one hand clapping'!

...finally

I just had an idea!

What if each number represents another number in the code?

For example, the number "375" could maybe mean the 3rd, 7th and 5th number represented in the code.

3rd number = 3
7th number = 6 or 0 (depending on whether the "+" is counted)
5th number = 5

Hmmm...now that I look again, several of those numbers are the same as their position, but not all.

Another thought: What if the numbers are meant to be read vertically, or some other direction?

This is a tough one!

All the best,
Michael

I've been coming back to this since you've posted. I
actually figured out a numerical sequence that only
works for about a third of it. Then I reminded myself
that this is a code, and usually codes work out to mean
something in words. A coded sequence, following some
cute math thing, is just a math riddle.

I've explored a number of possibilities that have not
worked out. The person says it's self evident. So it's a
matter of finding the right perspective, then it will be I
guess.

It's the phone number for the "He Ain't Here" Bar and Grill in Krakow, Poland.

There is a correct and really simple addition equation
that works, but I can't believe that is the point to this.

Or maybe it's used to accomplish something else.

16 + 13 = 29

Well Michael, it's really self-evident. lol. Ok, sorry.

Take all the numbers of the same color and add them. They equal
the 3 numbers that comprise the equation.

Purple: 1,2,8,9,9 = 29
Red: 7,6,0 = 13
Green: 3,5,3,1,4 = 16

Seems an unusual coincidence and may not mean anything.

But, if you invert them, take the root-mean-square values,
find the 3rd derivative, take the cosine integral with x,y limits
to infinity... it works out to...

12/21/12

Whaaaaaaaaaa? Ok, just pulling your leg about that part.