DMC Conversion Chart
Updated December 9, 2022
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 and the overall design style and subject can affect color choice greatly. We hope this conversion chart is a useful starting point.
(SE) denotes a Special Edition thread, often provided in thread club shipments, which are repeatable colors but may not always be in stock.
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.
| DMC Number |
Colour and Cotton Thread (Approximate) Dye Lots - Updated 1-20-23 |
| 01 | |
| 02 | |
| 03 | Full Moon (SE) Silver Lining |
| 04 | |
| 05 | |
| 06 | Portobello |
| 07 | |
| 08 | |
| 09 | Lava Stone |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Wimbledon |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Mango |
| 20 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Woolen Mittens (SE) |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | |
| 28 | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | |
| 31 | |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Orchid |
| 34 | Jasmine Orchid |
| 35 | Purple Rain (more violet) |
| 150 | Cherry Fizz Rudolph (SE) |
| 151 | Cherub (SE) |
| 152 | |
| 153 | |
| 154 | |
| 155 | Radiant Lilac (SE) |
| 156 | |
| 157 | |
| 158 | |
| 159 | |
| 160 | Fuzzy Socks (SE) |
| 161 | Fuzzy Socks (SE) |
| 162 | Celestine |
| 163 | |
| 164 | Caterpillar |
| 165 | Grinch (SE) |
| 166 | Cauldron Bubble (SE) Holiday Cheer (SE) Wimbledon |
| 167 | Baked Apples (SE) |
| 168 | Icy Grey Silver Star (SE) |
| 169 | Nickel Valentine's Grey (SE) |
| 208 | Purple Parrot Witchful Thinking (SE) |
| 209 | Wisteria |
| 210 | |
| 211 | |
| 221 | |
| 223 | |
| 224 | |
| 225 | |
| 300 | Nutcracker (SE) Pecan Pie (SE) |
| 301 | Honey Amber Sugar Maple (SE) |
| 304 | Cherry Fizz Poinsettia (SE) |
| 307 | |
| 309 | Rudolph (SE) |
| 310 | Rustic Black |
| 311 | Prussian Blue |
| 312 | |
| 315 | Mulberry |
| 316 | |
| 317 | |
| 318 | |
| 319 | Good Cheer (SE) Pine Tree |
| 320 | |
| 321 | Jolly Suit (SE) Teaberry (SE) |
| 322 | |
| 326 | |
| 327 | |
| 333 | |
| 334 | Delft Blue Dusty Blue Solstice (SE) |
| 335 | |
| 336 | |
| 340 | Radiant Lilac (SE) |
| 341 | |
| 342 | Portobello |
| 347 | Bonfire (SE) Cherry Cobbler (SE) |
| 349 | |
| 350 | |
| 351 | Apricot |
| 352 | Apricot |
| 353 | |
| 355 | Old Brick |
| 356 | |
| 367 | Pine Tree |
| 368 | Caterpillar |
| 369 | |
| 370 | Holly (SE) |
| 371 | Holly (SE) |
| 372 | |
| 400 | |
| 402 | |
| 407 | Bubbly (SE) |
| 413 | Santa's Boots (SE) Tombstone (SE) |
| 414 | |
| 415 | |
| 420 | Broomstick (SE) |
| 422 | Reindeer (SE) Sand Dune |
| 433 | |
| 434 | Fruitcake Sugar Maple (SE) Whiskey |
| 435 | Broomstick (SE) |
| 436 | Crumb Cake (SE) |
| 437 | Toboggan (SE) |
| 444 | Buttercup Mum (SE) |
| 445 | |
| 451 | |
| 452 | |
| 453 | Tinsel (SE) |
| 469 | |
| 470 | |
| 471 | |
| 472 | Celery |
| 498 | |
| 500 | |
| 501 | |
| 502 | Spring Moss |
| 503 | |
| 505 | |
| 517 | Lapis |
| 518 | |
| 519 | Arctic |
| 520 | Eucalyptus |
| 522 | Peace On Earth (SE) |
| 523 | Pistachio |
| 524 | |
| 535 | Black Ice (SE) Santa's Boots (SE) |
| 543 | |
| 550 | Under Your Spell (SE) |
| 552 | Purple People Eater (SE) |
| 553 | Wisteria |
| 554 | Crocus |
| 561 | |
| 562 | |
| 563 | Seafoam |
| 564 | Pistachio Seafoam |
| 580 | |
| 581 | Avocado |
| 597 | |
| 598 | |
| 600 | Coming Up Roses (SE) Magenta |
| 601 | Kismet (SE) |
| 602 | |
| 603 | |
| 604 | |
| 605 | |
| 606 | |
| 608 | |
| 610 | Drummer's Drumming (SE) Hazel Kindling (SE) |
| 611 | Pinecone (SE) |
| 612 | Spiced Chai (SE) |
| 613 | |
| 632 | Nutcracker (SE) |
| 640 | Oregano |
| 642 | Oregano |
| 644 | |
| 645 | Nickel |
| 646 | |
| 647 | Pistachio |
| 648 | |
| 666 | Cardinal Harvest Tomato (SE) |
| 676 | |
| 677 | Pale Ochre |
| 680 | Frankincense (SE) Maize (SE) |
| 699 | |
| 700 | |
| 701 | |
| 702 | |
| 703 | |
| 704 | |
| 712 | Eggnog (SE) |
| 718 | Hellebore (SE) |
| 720 | Bittersweet (SE) |
| 721 | |
| 722 | |
| 725 | |
| 726 | |
| 727 | Mango |
| 728 | |
| 729 | |
| 730 | Creeping Vines (SE) |
| 732 | Creeping Vines (SE) Primitive Vines |
| 733 | Primitive Vines Seahorse |
| 734 | |
| 738 | Champagne (SE) Sand Dune Scarecrow (SE) |
| 739 | Champagne (SE) |
| 740 | |
| 741 | |
| 742 | Sunflower |
| 743 | |
| 744 | Seahorse |
| 745 | |
| 746 | |
| 747 | |
| 754 | |
| 758 | |
| 760 | |
| 761 | |
| 762 | Winter Wishes (SE) |
| 772 | |
| 775 | |
| 777 | |
| 778 | |
| 779 | Caramel Brownie Kalamata |
| 780 | Honey Amber |
| 782 | Chestnuts Roasting (SE) |
| 783 | Chestnuts Roasting (SE) |
| 791 | |
| 792 | |
| 793 | |
| 794 | |
| 796 | |
| 797 | |
| 798 | |
| 799 | |
| 800 | |
| 801 | Hot Cocoa (SE) Pecan Pie (SE) |
| 803 | |
| 807 | |
| 809 | |
| 813 | Delft Blue |
| 814 | Apple Picking (SE) |
| 815 | Cranberry Red Delicious (SE) |
| 816 | Cranberry Cherry Cobbler (SE) Jolly Suit (SE) Winterberry (SE) |
| 817 | Cardinal Naughty List (SE) |
| 818 | Cherub (SE) |
| 819 | |
| 820 | |
| 822 | Cozy Sweater (SE) |
| 823 | |
| 824 | |
| 825 | |
| 826 | |
| 827 | Blizzard (SE) Celestine |
| 828 | Flurries (SE) |
| 829 | |
| 830 | Kindling (SE) |
| 831 | Leaf Piles (SE) |
| 832 | Maize (SE) |
| 833 | |
| 834 | |
| 838 | |
| 839 | |
| 840 | |
| 841 | Almond Latte |
| 842 | |
| 844 | Black Oak (SE) |
| 869 | |
| 890 | Good Cheer (SE) |
| 891 | |
| 892 | Flamingo, Fiesta |
| 893 | |
| 894 | |
| 895 | Good Cheer (SE) |
| 898 | |
| 899 | |
| 900 | Toil and Trouble (SE) |
| 902 | Apple Picking (SE) Cranberry Red Delicious (SE) |
| 904 | Emerald |
| 905 | Emerald |
| 906 | |
| 907 | Goosebumps (SE) Wimbledon |
| 909 | Nice List (SE) |
| 910 | |
| 911 | |
| 912 | |
| 913 | |
| 915 | Bouquet (SE) Hellebore (SE) |
| 917 | Kismet (SE) |
| 918 | Open Fire (SE) |
| 919 | Open Fire (SE) |
| 920 | Bittersweet (SE) |
| 921 | |
| 922 | |
| 924 | |
| 926 | |
| 927 | Frosted Spruce |
| 928 | Jack Frost (SE) |
| 930 | Battleship |
| 931 | Dusty Blue Great Falls (SE) |
| 932 | Winter Moon (SE) |
| 934 | |
| 935 | Laurel Wreath (SE) |
| 936 | Laurel Wreath (SE) Tree Lot (SE) |
| 937 | |
| 938 | Caramel Brownie |
| 939 | |
| 943 | |
| 945 | Snickerdoodle (SE) |
| 946 | |
| 947 | |
| 948 | |
| 950 | |
| 951 | |
| 954 | |
| 955 | Seafoam |
| 956 | |
| 957 | |
| 958 | Toy Shop (SE) |
| 959 | |
| 961 | |
| 962 | Primrose |
| 963 | Salmon |
| 964 | |
| 966 | |
| 967 | |
| 970 | |
| 972 | Sunflower |
| 973 | |
| 975 | Gingerbread (SE) |
| 976 | Acorn Squash (SE) Kumquat |
| 977 | Oh My Gourd (SE) |
| 986 | |
| 987 | |
| 988 | |
| 989 | |
| 991 | |
| 992 | Fairy Tale (SE) |
| 993 | |
| 995 | Glacier Bay (SE) |
| 996 | |
| 3011 | Pine Needles (SE) Seaweed (darker) Yuletide (SE) |
| 3012 | |
| 3013 | |
| 3021 | |
| 3022 | Winter Flannel (SE) |
| 3023 | |
| 3024 | |
| 3031 | |
| 3032 | |
| 3033 | Cozy Sweater (SE) |
| 3041 | |
| 3042 | Crystal Ball (SE) Sugar Plum |
| 3045 | |
| 3046 | Sand Dune Scarecrow (SE) |
| 3047 | Pale Ochre |
| 3051 | Tree Lot (SE) |
| 3052 | |
| 3053 | |
| 3064 | Spiced Chai (SE) |
| 3072 | |
| 3078 | |
| 3325 | |
| 3326 | Rose Petals (SE) |
| 3328 | |
| 3340 | |
| 3341 | |
| 3345 | Evergreen (SE) |
| 3346 | |
| 3347 | |
| 3348 | Celery |
| 3350 | Desire (SE) Magnolia (SE) |
| 3354 | Primrose |
| 3362 | |
| 3363 | |
| 3364 | |
| 3371 | Up on the Rooftop (SE) |
| 3607 | Magnus Violet (SE) |
| 3608 | Heartthrob (SE) Secret Admirer (SE) |
| 3609 | Heartthrob (SE) |
| 3685 | |
| 3687 | |
| 3688 | |
| 3689 | |
| 3705 | Imperial Red Peppermint Swirl (SE) |
| 3706 | Flamingo |
| 3708 | |
| 3712 | |
| 3713 | |
| 3716 | Primrose |
| 3721 | |
| 3722 | |
| 3726 | Mulberry |
| 3727 | |
| 3731 | Barn Red Blush (SE) Rose Petals (SE) |
| 3733 | Primrose |
| 3740 | |
| 3743 | |
| 3746 | |
| 3747 | |
| 3750 | Battleship Prussian Blue Stargazing (SE) |
| 3752 | |
| 3753 | |
| 3755 | Delft Blue |
| 3756 | |
| 3760 | Lovebirds (SE) |
| 3761 | |
| 3765 | |
| 3766 | Arctic |
| 3768 | Locomotive |
| 3770 | |
| 3771 | |
| 3772 | |
| 3774 | |
| 3776 | |
| 3777 | Woolen Mittens (SE) |
| 3778 | |
| 3779 | Chimney Sweep Raven (SE) |
| 3781 | Hickory Stick (SE) |
| 3782 | |
| 3787 | |
| 3790 | |
| 3799 | |
| 3801 | Imperial Red |
| 3802 | |
| 3803 | |
| 3804 | Fiesta |
| 3805 | Magnus Violet (SE) Secret Admirer (SE) |
| 3806 | |
| 3807 | |
| 3808 | |
| 3809 | |
| 3810 | Wintertide (SE) |
| 3811 | Flurries (SE) |
| 3812 | Toy Shop (SE) |
| 3813 | Frosted Spruce |
| 3814 | |
| 3815 | Fairy Tale (SE) |
| 3816 | |
| 3817 | |
| 3818 | Nice List (SE) |
| 3819 | |
| 3820 | Bumblebee Jingle Bell (SE) |
| 3821 | |
| 3822 | |
| 3823 | |
| 3824 | |
| 3825 | |
| 3826 | |
| 3827 | |
| 3828 | Baked Apples (SE) Brown Sugar |
| 3829 | Frankincense (SE) |
| 3830 | Old Brick |
| 3831 | Rosebud Winterberry (SE) |
| 3832 | Barn Red, Rosebud |
| 3833 | Desire (SE) |
| 3834 | Bouquet (SE) |
| 3835 | |
| 3836 | |
| 3837 | Purple Parrot Witchful Thinking (SE) |
| 3838 | |
| 3839 | |
| 3840 | |
| 3841 | Blizzard (SE) Celestine |
| 3842 | |
| 3843 | |
| 3844 | |
| 3845 | Ice Queen (SE) |
| 3846 | Ice Queen (SE) |
| 3847 | Daydream (SE) |
| 3848 | |
| 3849 | Hunter |
| 3850 | |
| 3851 | |
| 3852 | Jingle Bell (SE) |
| 3853 | Carving Pumpkin (SE) Kumquat Pumpkin Pie (SE) |
| 3854 | |
| 3855 | |
| 3856 | Snickerdoodle (SE) |
| 3857 | |
| 3858 | |
| 3859 | |
| 3860 | Sleigh Ride (SE) |
| 3861 | Quail |
| 3862 | Almond Latte Bronze Brown Sugar |
| 3863 | Almond Latte |
| 3864 | Hay Bale (SE) |
| 3865 | Pearl White Snowflake (SE) |
| 3866 | Cozy Sweater (SE) |
| 3773* | |
| 3880* | |
| 3881* | |
| 3882* | |
| 3883* | |
| 3884* | |
| 3885* | |
| 3886* | |
| 3887* | |
| 3888* | |
| 3889* | |
| 3890* | |
| 3891* | |
| 3892* | |
| 3893* | |
| 3894* | |
| 3895* | |
| 504* | |
| 731* | |
| 776* | |
| 781* | |
| 806* | |
| 868* | |
| 971* | |
| B5200 | Pearl White Snowflake (SE) |
| Blanc | Pearl White Snowflake (SE) |
| Ecru | Eggnog (SE) |
| White | Pearl White |