DMC Conversion Chart
Updated May 18, 2023
Please note that dye lots vary over time and these matches are not to be taken for exact substitutes. Fabric color choice, surrounding thread colors, the number of strands stitching with, and the overall design style and subject can affect color choice greatly. We hope this conversion chart is a useful starting point.
This list is an in-progress project - we are continuing to add new conversions!
A Colour and Cotton thread may be listed under more than one DMC approximation, if we feel it could substitute for more than one shade depending on the fabric color and project. Some C&C threads might not be listed at all, particularly if they are more variegated and might not fit as a good substitution for any one DMC color. Multiple threads may be listed for the same DMC color, but it does not mean they are exact matches of one another - it just means that you may find either suitable depending on your project, the surrounding thread colors, your fabric color choice, etc.
| DMC Number |
Colour and Cotton Thread (Approximate) Dye Lots - Updated 5-18-23 |
| B5200 | Pearl White Snowflake |
| Blanc | Old Lace Pearl White Snowflake Tusk |
| Ecru | Cozy Sweater Eggnog |
| White | Pearl White |
| 01 | Piano Keys |
| 02 | Yosemite |
| 03 | Full Moon Silver Lining |
| 04 | Acapella |
| 05 | Seashell |
| 06 | Portobello |
| 07 | Winter Prairie |
| 08 | |
| 09 | Lava Stone |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Wimbledon |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Mango Snapdragon |
| 20 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Woolen Mittens |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Hyacinth Lullaby |
| 27 | |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Witch's Brew (darker) |
| 30 | Blueberry Patch |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Nightshade |
| 33 | Orchid |
| 34 | Jasmine Orchid |
| 35 | Purple Rain (more violet) |
| 150 | Adobe Cherry Fizz Rudolph |
| 151 | Cherub |
| 152 | |
| 153 | |
| 154 | |
| 155 | Radiant Lilac |
| 156 | Purple Iris |
| 157 | |
| 158 | |
| 159 | |
| 160 | Fuzzy Socks |
| 161 | Fuzzy Socks |
| 162 | Celestine |
| 163 | |
| 164 | Caterpillar |
| 165 | Grinch |
| 166 | Cauldron Bubble Holiday Cheer Wimbledon |
| 167 | Baked Apples Mustard Seed Soprano |
| 168 | Icy Grey Silver Star Spectre |
| 169 | Nickel Valentine's Grey |
| 208 | Purple Parrot Witchful Thinking |
| 209 | Wisteria |
| 210 | |
| 211 | Butterfly Bush |
| 221 | Golden Gate Merlot |
| 223 | |
| 224 | |
| 225 | |
| 300 | Mahogany Maple Syrup Nutcracker Pecan Pie |
| 301 | Honey Amber Spiced Cider Sugar Maple |
| 304 | Carmine Cherry Fizz Poinsettia |
| 307 | |
| 309 | Rudolph |
| 310 | Featherweight Rustic Black Typewriter (more blue) |
| 311 | Prussian Blue |
| 312 | |
| 315 | Mulberry |
| 316 | |
| 317 | |
| 318 | |
| 319 | Good Cheer Pine Tree |
| 320 | |
| 321 | Jolly Suit Ruby Teaberry |
| 322 | |
| 326 | |
| 327 | |
| 333 | Popsicle |
| 334 | Delft Blue Dusty Blue Solstice |
| 335 | |
| 336 | Anchors Aweigh |
| 340 | Lilac Quilt Block (variegated) Radiant Lilac |
| 341 | |
| 342 | Portobello |
| 347 | Bonfire Cherry Cobbler Dutch Tulip |
| 349 | Firecracker Ladybug |
| 350 | |
| 351 | Apricot |
| 352 | Apricot |
| 353 | |
| 355 | Old Brick Spiced Cider |
| 356 | |
| 367 | Pine Tree |
| 368 | Caterpillar |
| 369 | Green Tea |
| 370 | Holly |
| 371 | Holly Mustard Seed |
| 372 | |
| 400 | |
| 402 | |
| 407 | Bubbly Mars |
| 413 | Santa's Boots Tombstone |
| 414 | |
| 415 | |
| 420 | Broomstick |
| 422 | Reindeer Sand Dune |
| 433 | Coffee Bean |
| 434 | Fruitcake Sugar Maple Whiskey |
| 435 | Broomstick |
| 436 | Crumb Cake |
| 437 | Toboggan |
| 444 | Buttercup Mum Lemon Tart |
| 445 | |
| 451 | Medieval |
| 452 | |
| 453 | Storm Clouds Tinsel |
| 469 | Castle Garden |
| 470 | |
| 471 | Boxwood |
| 472 | Celery |
| 498 | Fireworks |
| 500 | Juniper |
| 501 | |
| 502 | Legato Spring Moss |
| 503 | |
| 505 | |
| 517 | Lapis Royal Blue |
| 518 | |
| 519 | Arctic |
| 520 | Eucalyptus |
| 522 | Liberty Peace On Earth Thumper |
| 523 | Bobbins Pistachio Thumper |
| 524 | |
| 535 | Black Ice Guitar Strings Iron Santa's Boots |
| 543 | |
| 550 | Grape Under Your Spell |
| 552 | Purple People Eater |
| 553 | Purple Iris Wisteria |
| 554 | Crocus |
| 561 | |
| 562 | |
| 563 | Seafoam |
| 564 | Pistachio Seafoam |
| 580 | |
| 581 | Avocado |
| 597 | Spring Rain (Prim) |
| 598 | Puddle Jumping Seaspray |
| 600 | Coming Up Roses Magenta |
| 601 | Kismet |
| 602 | Aphrodite |
| 603 | |
| 604 | |
| 605 | |
| 606 | Jelly Beans |
| 608 | |
| 610 | Burlap Drummer's Drumming Hazel Kindling |
| 611 | Pinecone |
| 612 | Spiced Chai |
| 613 | |
| 632 | Molasses Nutcracker |
| 640 | Marsh Oregano |
| 642 | Oregano |
| 644 | |
| 645 | Nickel |
| 646 | |
| 647 | Pistachio |
| 648 | Rushmore Winter Prairie |
| 666 | Cardinal Harvest Tomato |
| 676 | |
| 677 | Pale Ochre |
| 680 | Frankincense Maize Turmeric |
| 699 | |
| 700 | |
| 701 | |
| 702 | Fairway |
| 703 | |
| 704 | Green Meadows |
| 712 | Eggnog |
| 718 | Hellebore |
| 720 | Bittersweet Terracotta |
| 721 | |
| 722 | Baby Carrots Snapdragon |
| 725 | |
| 726 | Lemon Tart |
| 727 | Banana Mango |
| 728 | |
| 729 | |
| 730 | Creeping Vines |
| 732 | Creeping Vines Primitive Vines Tadpole |
| 733 | Primitive Vines Seahorse |
| 734 | Crescendo |
| 738 | Champagne Ragtime Sand Dune Scarecrow |
| 739 | Buttermilk Champagne Ragtime |
| 740 | Orange Zest |
| 741 | Jelly Beans Orange Soda |
| 742 | Egg Yolk Sunflower |
| 743 | Egg Yolk Raincoat |
| 744 | Banana |
| 745 | Baby Chick Banana |
| 746 | |
| 747 | |
| 754 | |
| 758 | Bombay |
| 760 | |
| 761 | |
| 762 | Memorial Winter Wishes |
| 772 | Green Tea |
| 775 | |
| 777 | Parlour |
| 778 | |
| 779 | Caramel Brownie Kalamata |
| 780 | Honey Amber Sweet Potato |
| 782 | Chestnuts Roasting Sweet Potato |
| 783 | Brass Chestnuts Roasting |
| 791 | |
| 792 | |
| 793 | |
| 794 | |
| 796 | |
| 797 | |
| 798 | |
| 799 | |
| 800 | Powder Blue |
| 801 | Hot Cocoa Pecan Pie Shaker Box |
| 803 | |
| 807 | Seaspray |
| 809 | |
| 813 | Bluebird Delft Blue |
| 814 | Apple Picking Fireworks Red Velvet |
| 815 | Cranberry Red Delicious Red Velvet |
| 816 | Cranberry Cherry Cobbler Jolly Suit Winterberry |
| 817 | Cardinal Naughty List Valor Red (darker) |
| 818 | Bunny Nose Cherub |
| 819 | |
| 820 | Morning Glory |
| 822 | Cozy Sweater |
| 823 | |
| 824 | |
| 825 | |
| 826 | |
| 827 | Blizzard Celestine |
| 828 | Flurries |
| 829 | Picnic Basket |
| 830 | Kindling |
| 831 | Leaf Piles |
| 832 | Maize Tuscan Sun |
| 833 | |
| 834 | |
| 838 | Topsoil |
| 839 | |
| 840 | Spool |
| 841 | Almond Latte |
| 842 | Embroidery Hoop |
| 844 | Black Oak Paving Stones |
| 869 | Picnic Basket |
| 890 | Good Cheer |
| 891 | |
| 892 | Fiesta Flamingo Legwarmers |
| 893 | |
| 894 | |
| 895 | Good Cheer Sweet Basil |
| 898 | Acadia (more red) Chocolate Cherry (with red 3857) |
| 899 | |
| 900 | Toil and Trouble |
| 902 | Apple Picking Cranberry Red Delicious |
| 904 | Emerald |
| 905 | Emerald Greenhouse |
| 906 | Fairway |
| 907 | Goosebumps Lime Sorbet Wimbledon |
| 909 | Nice List |
| 910 | |
| 911 | Voguing |
| 912 | Hummingbird |
| 913 | |
| 915 | Bouquet Hellebore |
| 917 | Kismet |
| 918 | Open Fire Wheelbarrow (lighter) |
| 919 | Open Fire |
| 920 | Bittersweet |
| 921 | Fortissimo |
| 922 | |
| 924 | Paisley |
| 926 | Buttons |
| 927 | Frosted Spruce |
| 928 | Jack Frost |
| 930 | Battleship Jazz Band Midnight |
| 931 | Dusty Blue Great Falls |
| 932 | Winter Moon |
| 934 | |
| 935 | Joshua Tree Laurel Wreath |
| 936 | Laurel Wreath Tree Lot |
| 937 | |
| 938 | Caramel Brownie Topsoil |
| 939 | |
| 943 | |
| 945 | Snickerdoodle |
| 946 | |
| 947 | |
| 948 | |
| 950 | |
| 951 | |
| 954 | |
| 955 | Seafoam |
| 956 | |
| 957 | |
| 958 | Hummingbird Toy Shop |
| 959 | |
| 961 | |
| 962 | Primrose |
| 963 | Bunny Nose Salmon |
| 964 | Mint Chip |
| 966 | |
| 967 | |
| 970 | Orange Soda Orange Zest Sidewalk Chalk |
| 972 | Sunflower |
| 973 | |
| 975 | Gingerbread |
| 976 | Acorn Squash Kumquat |
| 977 | Oh My Gourd |
| 986 | Mistletoe |
| 987 | |
| 988 | Pickle |
| 989 | |
| 991 | |
| 992 | Fairy Tale |
| 993 | Reggae |
| 995 | Glacier Bay |
| 996 | |
| 3011 | Pine Needles Seaweed (darker) Yuletide |
| 3012 | |
| 3013 | |
| 3021 | |
| 3022 | Bracken Winter Flannel |
| 3023 | |
| 3024 | |
| 3031 | |
| 3032 | |
| 3033 | Cozy Sweater Macrame |
| 3041 | |
| 3042 | Crystal Ball Sugar Plum |
| 3045 | |
| 3046 | Sand Dune Scarecrow Toasted Marshmallow |
| 3047 | Pale Ochre Raffia Toasted Marshmallow |
| 3051 | Tree Lot |
| 3052 | Mandolin |
| 3053 | |
| 3064 | Spiced Chai Wren |
| 3072 | |
| 3078 | Baby Chick |
| 3325 | Powder Blue Sky Blue |
| 3326 | Rose Petals |
| 3328 | |
| 3340 | |
| 3341 | Light Coral |
| 3345 | Evergreen Ivy |
| 3346 | |
| 3347 | Pickle |
| 3348 | Celery |
| 3350 | Desire Magnolia Pin Cushion |
| 3354 | Primrose |
| 3362 | |
| 3363 | |
| 3364 | |
| 3371 | Up on the Rooftop |
| 3607 | Magnus Violet |
| 3608 | Heartthrob Secret Admirer |
| 3609 | Heartthrob |
| 3685 | |
| 3687 | |
| 3688 | Cupid |
| 3689 | |
| 3705 | Imperial Red Peppermint Swirl |
| 3706 | Flamingo Petal |
| 3708 | Petal |
| 3712 | |
| 3713 | |
| 3716 | Primrose |
| 3721 | Velveteen |
| 3722 | |
| 3726 | Mulberry |
| 3727 | |
| 3731 | Barn Red Blush Pin Cushion Rose Petals |
| 3733 | Primrose |
| 3740 | |
| 3743 | |
| 3746 | |
| 3747 | |
| 3750 | Battleship Dark Indigo Prussian Blue Shining Sea Stargazing |
| 3752 | Sonata |
| 3753 | Sonata |
| 3755 | Delft Blue |
| 3756 | |
| 3760 | Lovebirds Poseidon |
| 3761 | Robin's Egg |
| 3765 | |
| 3766 | Arctic |
| 3768 | Jazz Band Locomotive |
| 3770 | |
| 3771 | |
| 3772 | Aged Pumpkin |
| 3774 | |
| 3776 | |
| 3777 | Violin Woolen Mittens |
| 3778 | Bombay |
| 3779 | Chimney Sweep Raven |
| 3781 | Birdhouse Hickory Stick Jamestown |
| 3782 | |
| 3787 | |
| 3790 | |
| 3799 | |
| 3801 | Imperial Red Ladybug |
| 3802 | |
| 3803 | |
| 3804 | Fiesta |
| 3805 | Magnus Violet Secret Admirer |
| 3806 | Aphrodite |
| 3807 | |
| 3808 | Abyss |
| 3809 | Abyss |
| 3810 | Bluegrass Hidden Lake Wintertide Vertider Blue |
| 3811 | Duck Egg Flurries |
| 3812 | Toy Shop |
| 3813 | Frosted Spruce |
| 3814 | |
| 3815 | Fairy Tale |
| 3816 | |
| 3817 | |
| 3818 | Nice List |
| 3819 | |
| 3820 | Bumblebee Jingle Bell |
| 3821 | |
| 3822 | Peach Cobbler (variegated with 3833) |
| 3823 | Baby Chick |
| 3824 | |
| 3825 | |
| 3826 | |
| 3827 | |
| 3828 | Baked Apples Bee Skep Brown Sugar Turmeric |
| 3829 | Frankincense |
| 3830 | Old Brick |
| 3831 | Rosebud Winterberry |
| 3832 | Barn Red, Rosebud |
| 3833 | Desire Waterlily |
| 3834 | Bouquet |
| 3835 | Purple Calla Lily |
| 3836 | |
| 3837 | Purple Parrot Witchful Thinking |
| 3838 | |
| 3839 | |
| 3840 | |
| 3841 | Blizzard Celestine |
| 3842 | Royal Blue |
| 3843 | |
| 3844 | |
| 3845 | Ice Queen |
| 3846 | Ice Queen |
| 3847 | Daydream |
| 3848 | |
| 3849 | Hunter |
| 3850 | |
| 3851 | |
| 3852 | Jingle Bell Marigold |
| 3853 | Carving Pumpkin Kumquat Pumpkin Pie |
| 3854 | |
| 3855 | Primitive Plum |
| 3856 | Bare Copper Snickerdoodle |
| 3857 | |
| 3858 | |
| 3859 | Mars |
| 3860 | Sleigh Ride |
| 3861 | Quail |
| 3862 | Almond Latte Bronze Brown Sugar |
| 3863 | Almond Latte |
| 3864 | Hay Bale |
| 3865 | Pearl White Raw Linen (more cream) Snowflake |
| 3866 | Natural Cotton Old Lace Picket Fence White Sands |
| 3773* | |
| 3880* | |
| 3881* | |
| 3882* | |
| 3883* | |
| 3884* | |
| 3885* | |
| 3886* | |
| 3887* | |
| 3888* | |
| 3889* | |
| 3890* | |
| 3891* | |
| 3892* | |
| 3893* | |
| 3894* | |
| 3895* | |
| 504* | |
| 731* | |
| 776* | |
| 781* | |
| 806* | |
| 868* | |
| 971* |