Thread and bead color charts by color family
One chart per brand and color family: every shade as a swatch, sorted by lightness, with its hex value and the closest colors in the sister brands. Families with fewer than six colors are folded into the brand index pages.
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DMC thread
DMC thread: 13 on this page, from DMC white to DMC purple.
- DMC white 11 shades, DMC B5200 to DMC 162
- DMC cream and ecru 21 shades, DMC 3823 to DMC 754
- DMC beige and tan 26 shades, DMC 3078 to DMC 841
- DMC gray 34 shades, DMC 775 to DMC 3799
- DMC brown 55 shades, DMC 3778 to DMC 938
- DMC red 53 shades, DMC 891 to DMC 35
- DMC pink 44 shades, DMC 3708 to DMC 223
- DMC orange 21 shades, DMC 3825 to DMC 919
- DMC yellow 44 shades, DMC 445 to DMC 730
- DMC green 75 shades, DMC 10 to DMC 934
- DMC teal and aqua 30 shades, DMC 828 to DMC 3808
- DMC blue 52 shades, DMC 827 to DMC 939
- DMC purple 21 shades, DMC 24 to DMC 550
Anchor thread
Anchor thread: 12 on this page, from Anchor cream and ecru to Anchor purple.
- Anchor cream and ecru 10 shades, Anchor 275 to Anchor 933
- Anchor beige and tan 23 shades, Anchor 271 to Anchor 899
- Anchor gray 21 shades, Anchor 158 to Anchor 236
- Anchor brown 59 shades, Anchor 1045 to Anchor 382
- Anchor red 66 shades, Anchor 52 to Anchor 72
- Anchor pink 40 shades, Anchor 73 to Anchor 26
- Anchor orange 30 shades, Anchor 311 to Anchor 1049
- Anchor yellow 28 shades, Anchor 292 to Anchor 681
- Anchor green 61 shades, Anchor 259 to Anchor 1044
- Anchor teal and aqua 22 shades, Anchor 9159 to Anchor 683
- Anchor blue 59 shades, Anchor 159 to Anchor 152
- Anchor purple 22 shades, Anchor 342 to Anchor 127
Madeira thread
Madeira thread: 12 on this page, from Madeira cream and ecru to Madeira purple.
- Madeira cream and ecru 8 shades, Madeira 2101 to Madeira 306
- Madeira beige and tan 15 shades, Madeira 2512 to Madeira 1902
- Madeira gray 17 shades, Madeira 1309 to Madeira 1506
- Madeira brown 44 shades, Madeira 1605 to Madeira 2004
- Madeira red 74 shades, Madeira 1806 to Madeira 2607
- Madeira pink 26 shades, Madeira 608 to Madeira 813
- Madeira orange 16 shades, Madeira 2013 to Madeira 2104
- Madeira yellow 35 shades, Madeira 102 to Madeira 1507
- Madeira green 54 shades, Madeira 1208 to Madeira 1705
- Madeira teal and aqua 22 shades, Madeira 1104 to Madeira 1314
- Madeira blue 33 shades, Madeira 901 to Madeira 1009
- Madeira purple 20 shades, Madeira 801 to Madeira 1713
About these color charts
DMC: 13 family charts, the largest being green with 75 shades. Anchor: 12 family charts, the largest being red with 66 shades. Madeira: 12 family charts, the largest being red with 74 shades.
Perler: 9 family charts, the largest being red with 14 shades. Hama: 7 family charts, the largest being blue with 17 shades. Artkal S: 11 family charts, the largest being blue with 35 shades.
Families are assigned from CIELAB lightness, chroma and hue, so a color named "blue" by its maker can land in teal or gray when its measured values say so.