Free printable drill color chart

Diamond painting color chart, all 454 DMC codes

Free, with nothing to sign up for and nothing to upload: this is the whole DMC solid range that drill bags are numbered against — 454 shades with swatch, official code, official shade name and hex, searchable, sortable five ways, and laid out to print five to a row. Paste the legend that came with your kit and the sheet narrows to your own codes, names anything on the list that is not a DMC shade, and flags every pair among them closer than 0.020 in Oklab, which is where two bags stop being separable by eye.

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454 DMC shades
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Reads your kit legend

Find a shade

Matches the code, the shade name and the hex at once, so “dark” brings back every shade DMC calls dark and “39” brings back 3901 as well as 939.

Arrange them

The order DMC prints its own card in, so a run of a family — salmon light through salmon very dark — stays together and you can see where a shade sits in its ladder.

Your kit’s code list

Type or paste the codes printed on the legend that came with your canvas, separated by anything you like — commas, spaces, one per line, straight out of a photo transcription. The word DMC in front of a number is ignored, leading zeros are ignored, and Blanc, White, Ecru and a bare 5200 all resolve. Leave it empty to see the whole range.

Press Ctrl+V anywhere on the page to drop in a legend you copied from a listing or a spreadsheet — no need to click the field first.

Show the hex, the RGB triple and the table disagreement as columns

454 of 454 shades

160 pairs too close to separate by eye

3713Salmon Very Light
761Salmon Light
760Salmon
3712Salmon Medium
3328Salmon Dark
347Salmon Very Dark
353Peach
352Coral Light
351Coral
350Coral Medium
349Coral Dark
817Coral Red Very Dark
3708Melon Light
3706Melon Medium
3705Melon Dark
3801Melon Very Dark
666Bright Red
321Red
304Red Medium
498Red Dark
816Garnet
815Garnet Medium
814Garnet Dark
894Carnation Very Light
893Carnation Light
892Carnation Medium
891Carnation Dark
818Baby Pink
957Geranium Pale
956Geranium
309Rose Dark
963Dusty Rose Ult Vy Lt
3716Dusty Rose Med Vy Lt
962Dusty Rose Medium
961Dusty Rose Dark
3833Raspberry Light
3832Raspberry Medium
3831Raspberry Dark
777Raspberry Very Dark
819Baby Pink Light
3326Rose Light
776Pink Medium
899Rose Medium
335Rose
326Rose Very Dark
151Dusty Rose Vry Lt
3354Dusty Rose Light
3733Dusty Rose
3731Dusty Rose Very Dark
3350Dusty Rose Ultra Dark
150Dusty Rose Ult Vy Dk
3689Mauve Light
3688Mauve Medium
3687Mauve
3803Mauve Dark
3685Mauve Very Dark
605Cranberry Very Light
604Cranberry Light
603Cranberry
602Cranberry Medium
601Cranberry Dark
600Cranberry Very Dark
3806Cyclamen Pink Light
3805Cyclamen Pink
3804Cyclamen Pink Dark
3609Plum Ultra Light
3608Plum Very Light
3607Plum Light
718Plum
917Plum Medium
915Plum Dark
225Shell Pink Ult Vy Lt
224Shell Pink Very Light
152Shell Pink Med Light
223Shell Pink Light
3722Shell Pink Med
3721Shell Pink Dark
221Shell Pink Vy Dk
778Antique Mauve Vy Lt
3727Antique Mauve Light
316Antique Mauve Med
3726Antique Mauve Dark
315Antique Mauve Md Dk
3802Antique Mauve Vy Dk
902Garnet Very Dark
3743Antique Violet Vy Lt
3042Antique Violet Light
3041Antique Violet Medium
3740Antique Violet Dark
3836Grape Light
3835Grape Medium
3834Grape Dark
154Grape Very Dark
211Lavender Light
210Lavender Medium
209Lavender Dark
208Lavender Very Dark
3837Lavender Ultra Dark
327Violet Dark
153Violet Very Light
554Violet Light
553Violet
552Violet Medium
550Violet Very Dark
3747Blue Violet Vy Lt
341Blue Violet Light
156Blue Violet Med Lt
340Blue Violet Medium
155Blue Violet Med Dark
3746Blue Violet Dark
333Blue Violet Very Dark
157Cornflower Blue Vy Lt
794Cornflower Blue Light
793Cornflower Blue Med
3807Cornflower Blue
792Cornflower Blue Dark
158Cornflower Blu M V D
791Cornflower Blue V D
3840Lavender Blue Light
3839Lavender Blue Med
3838Lavender Blue Dark
800Delft Blue Pale
809Delft Blue
799Delft Blue Medium
798Delft Blue Dark
797Royal Blue
796Royal Blue Dark
820Royal Blue Very Dark
162Blue Ultra Very Light
827Blue Very Light
813Blue Light
826Blue Medium
825Blue Dark
824Blue Very Dark
996Electric Blue Medium
3843Electric Blue
995Electric Blue Dark
3846Turquoise Bright Light
3845Turquoise Bright Med
3844Turquoise Bright Dark
159Blue Gray Light
160Blue Gray Medium
161Blue Gray
3756Baby Blue Ult Vy Lt
775Baby Blue Very Light
3841Baby Blue Pale
3325Baby Blue Light
3755Baby Blue
334Baby Blue Medium
322Baby Blue Dark
312Baby Blue Very Dark
803Baby Blue Ult Vy Dk
336Navy Blue
823Navy Blue Dark
939Navy Blue Very Dark
3753Antique Blue Ult Vy Lt
3752Antique Blue Very Lt
932Antique Blue Light
931Antique Blue Medium
930Antique Blue Dark
3750Antique Blue Very Dk
828Sky Blue Vy Lt
3761Sky Blue Light
519Sky Blue
518Wedgewood Light
3760Wedgewood Med
517Wedgewood Dark
3842Wedgewood Vry Dk
311Wedgewood Ult VyDk
747Peacock Blue Vy Lt
3766Peacock Blue Light
807Peacock Blue
806Peacock Blue Dark
3765Peacock Blue Vy Dk
3811Turquoise Very Light
598Turquoise Light
597Turquoise
3810Turquoise Dark
3809Turquoise Vy Dark
3808Turquoise Ult Vy Dk
928Gray Green Vy Lt
927Gray Green Light
926Gray Green Med
3768Gray Green Dark
924Gray Green Vy Dark
3849Teal Green Light
3848Teal Green Med
3847Teal Green Dark
964Sea Green Light
959Sea Green Med
958Sea Green Dark
3812Sea Green Vy Dk
3851Green Bright Lt
943Green Bright Md
3850Green Bright Dk
993Aquamarine Vy Lt
992Aquamarine Lt
3814Aquamarine
991Aquamarine Dk
966Jade Ultra Vy Lt
564Jade Very Light
563Jade Light
562Jade Medium
505Jade Green
3817Celadon Green Lt
3816Celadon Green
163Celadon Green Md
3815Celadon Green Dk
561Celadon Green VD
504Blue Green Vy Lt
3813Blue Green Lt
503Blue Green Med
502Blue Green
501Blue Green Dark
500Blue Green Vy Dk
955Nile Green Light
954Nile Green
913Nile Green Med
912Emerald Green Lt
911Emerald Green Med
910Emerald Green Dark
909Emerald Green Vy Dk
3818Emerald Grn Ult V Dk
369Pistachio Green Vy Lt
368Pistachio Green Lt
320Pistachio Green Med
367Pistachio Green Dk
319Pistachio Grn Vy Dk
890Pistachio Grn Ult V D
164Forest Green Lt
989Forest Green
988Forest Green Med
987Forest Green Dk
986Forest Green Vy Dk
772Yellow Green Vy Lt
3348Yellow Green Lt
3347Yellow Green Med
3346Hunter Green
3345Hunter Green Dk
895Hunter Green Vy Dk
704Chartreuse Bright
703Chartreuse
702Kelly Green
701Green Light
700Green Bright
699Green
907Parrot Green Lt
906Parrot Green Md
905Parrot Green Dk
904Parrot Green V Dk
472Avocado Grn U Lt
471Avocado Grn V Lt
470Avocado Grn Lt
469Avocado Green
937Avocado Green Md
936Avocado Grn V Dk
935Avocado Green Dk
934Avocado Grn Black
523Fern Green Lt
3053Green Gray
3052Green Gray Md
3051Green Gray Dk
524Fern Green Vy Lt
522Fern Green
520Fern Green Dark
3364Pine Green
3363Pine Green Md
3362Pine Green Dk
165Moss Green Vy Lt
3819Moss Green Lt
166Moss Green Md Lt
581Moss Green
580Moss Green Dk
734Olive Green Lt
733Olive Green Md
732Olive Green
731Olive Green Dk
730Olive Green V Dk
3013Khaki Green Lt
3012Khaki Green Md
3011Khaki Green Dk
372Mustard Lt
371Mustard
370Mustard Medium
834Golden Olive Vy Lt
833Golden Olive Lt
832Golden Olive
831Golden Olive Md
830Golden Olive Dk
829Golden Olive Vy Dk
613Drab Brown V Lt
612Drab Brown Lt
611Drab Brown
610Drab Brown Dk
3047Yellow Beige Lt
3046Yellow Beige Md
3045Yellow Beige Dk
167Yellow Beige V Dk
746Off White
677Old Gold Vy Lt
422Hazelnut Brown Lt
3828Hazelnut Brown
420Hazelnut Brown Dk
869Hazelnut Brown V Dk
728Topaz
783Topaz Medium
782Topaz Dark
781Topaz Very Dark
780Topaz Ultra Vy Dk
676Old Gold Lt
729Old Gold Medium
680Old Gold Dark
3829Old Gold Vy Dark
3822Straw Light
3821Straw
3820Straw Dark
3852Straw Very Dark
445Lemon Light
307Lemon
973Canary Bright
444Lemon Dark
3078Golden Yellow Vy Lt
727Topaz Vy Lt
726Topaz Light
725Topaz Med Lt
972Canary Deep
745Yellow Pale Light
744Yellow Pale
743Yellow Med
742Tangerine Light
741Tangerine Med
740Tangerine
970Pumpkin Light
971Pumpkin
947Burnt Orange
946Burnt Orange Med
900Burnt Orange Dark
967Apricot Very Light
3824Apricot Light
3341Apricot
3340Apricot Med
608Burnt Orange Bright
606Orange?Red Bright
951Tawny Light
3856Mahogany Ult Vy Lt
722Orange Spice Light
721Orange Spice Med
720Orange Spice Dark
3825Pumpkin Pale
922Copper Light
921Copper
920Copper Med
919Red?Copper
918Red?Copper Dark
3770Tawny Vy Light
945Tawny
402Mahogany Vy Lt
3776Mahogany Light
301Mahogany Med
400Mahogany Dark
300Mahogany Vy Dk
3823Yellow Ultra Pale
3855Autumn Gold Lt
3854Autumn Gold Med
3853Autumn Gold Dk
3827Golden Brown Pale
977Golden Brown Light
976Golden Brown Med
3826Golden Brown
975Golden Brown Dk
948Peach Very Light
754Peach Light
3771Terra Cotta Ult Vy Lt
758Terra Cotta Vy Lt
3778Terra Cotta Light
356Terra Cotta Med
3830Terra Cotta
355Terra Cotta Dark
3777Terra Cotta Vy Dk
3779Rosewood Ult Vy Lt
3859Rosewood Light
3858Rosewood Med
3857Rosewood Dark
3774Desert Sand Vy Lt
950Desert Sand Light
3064Desert Sand
407Desert Sand Med
3773Desert Sand Dark
3772Desert Sand Vy Dk
632Desert Sand Ult Vy Dk
453Shell Gray Light
452Shell Gray Med
451Shell Gray Dark
3861Cocoa Light
3860Cocoa
779Cocoa Dark
712Cream
739Tan Ult Vy Lt
738Tan Very Light
437Tan Light
436Tan
435Brown Very Light
434Brown Light
433Brown Med
801Coffee Brown Dk
898Coffee Brown Vy Dk
938Coffee Brown Ult Dk
3371Black Brown
543Beige Brown Ult Vy Lt
3864Mocha Beige Light
3863Mocha Beige Med
3862Mocha Beige Dark
3031Mocha Brown Vy Dk
B5200Snow White
WhiteWhite
3865Winter White
EcruEcru
822Beige Gray Light
644Beige Gray Med
642Beige Gray Dark
640Beige Gray Vy Dk
3787Brown Gray Dark
3021Brown Gray Vy Dk
3024Brown Gray Vy Lt
3023Brown Gray Light
3022Brown Gray Med
535Ash Gray Vy Lt
3033Mocha Brown Vy Lt
3782Mocha Brown Lt
3032Mocha Brown Med
3790Beige Gray Ult Dk
3781Mocha Brown Dk
3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy Lt
842Beige Brown Vy Lt
841Beige Brown Lt
840Beige Brown Med
839Beige Brown Dk
838Beige Brown Vy Dk
3072Beaver Gray Vy Lt
648Beaver Gray Lt
647Beaver Gray Med
646Beaver Gray Dk
645Beaver Gray Vy Dk
844Beaver Gray Ult Dk
762Pearl Gray Vy Lt
415Pearl Gray
318Steel Gray Lt
414Steel Gray Dk
168Pewter Very Light
169Pewter Light
317Pewter Gray
413Pewter Gray Dark
3799Pewter Gray Vy Dk
310Black

Every code and every shade name on this sheet is DMC’s own and exact. The block of color beside it is not: it is one digitization of a printed card, and the last column of the table view is how many points out of 255 a second independent digitization put that shade at, median 25. A drill adds one more hop on top of that, because a resin stone is a manufacturer’s match to a cotton shade and no two factories match it identically.

Screen color is an approximation of the dyed cotton these numbers name, not a match. Every monitor is calibrated differently, and the published color data for dyed and molded goods varies between sources — for embroidery floss the disagreement between two independent color tables runs to a tenth of the range. Use the chart to pick candidates and the physical shade card, bead or brick to decide between them.

Bags to keep labeled — 160 pairs under 0.020 apart

Measured in Oklab, where 0.02 is the distance this site’s matcher treats as a very close match. Once two stones are inside it, the swatches above cannot separate them, a printout certainly cannot, and neither can a lamp at midnight — the bag label is the only thing that still knows which is which.

One bag	The other	Apart
225Shell Pink Ult Vy Lt	967Apricot Very Light	0.0026
3865Winter White	3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy Lt	0.0026
732Olive Green	731Olive Green Dk	0.0036
3833Raspberry Light	3733Dusty Rose	0.0042
746Off White	712Cream	0.0050
818Baby Pink	967Apricot Very Light	0.0051
818Baby Pink	225Shell Pink Ult Vy Lt	0.0054
162Blue Ultra Very Light	775Baby Blue Very Light	0.0062
3706Melon Medium	604Cranberry Light	0.0069
894Carnation Very Light	776Pink Medium	0.0073
452Shell Gray Med	648Beaver Gray Lt	0.0073
3024Brown Gray Vy Lt	762Pearl Gray Vy Lt	0.0074
3782Mocha Brown Lt	842Beige Brown Vy Lt	0.0074
894Carnation Very Light	604Cranberry Light	0.0075
415Pearl Gray	168Pewter Very Light	0.0081
3705Melon Dark	892Carnation Medium	0.0083
3849Teal Green Light	3851Green Bright Lt	0.0084
644Beige Gray Med	3033Mocha Brown Vy Lt	0.0085
3716Dusty Rose Med Vy Lt	3689Mauve Light	0.0085
3326Rose Light	776Pink Medium	0.0086
776Pink Medium	604Cranberry Light	0.0086
3856Mahogany Ult Vy Lt	945Tawny	0.0088
3024Brown Gray Vy Lt	3072Beaver Gray Vy Lt	0.0091
3354Dusty Rose Light	3688Mauve Medium	0.0095
3753Antique Blue Ult Vy Lt	928Gray Green Vy Lt	0.0097
3781Mocha Brown Dk	839Beige Brown Dk	0.0097
958Sea Green Dark	3851Green Bright Lt	0.0102
826Blue Medium	334Baby Blue Medium	0.0102
3706Melon Medium	776Pink Medium	0.0104
819Baby Pink Light	3770Tawny Vy Light	0.0107
761Salmon Light	3779Rosewood Ult Vy Lt	0.0108
612Drab Brown Lt	841Beige Brown Lt	0.0110
341Blue Violet Light	3840Lavender Blue Light	0.0110
3756Baby Blue Ult Vy Lt	747Peacock Blue Vy Lt	0.0112
453Shell Gray Light	168Pewter Very Light	0.0112
164Forest Green Lt	3348Yellow Green Lt	0.0113
3713Salmon Very Light	818Baby Pink	0.0119
739Tan Ult Vy Lt	543Beige Brown Ult Vy Lt	0.0119
800Delft Blue Pale	159Blue Gray Light	0.0122
712Cream	WhiteWhite	0.0122

120 further pairs sit inside the same distance and are left off this table. Paste your own kit’s codes into the box above and the list shortens to the handful you will actually be holding.

How to use a drill chart without buying the wrong bag

Three uses, in the order most people meet them — reference, then delivery check, then the sorting problem nobody warns you about.

Pick the arrangement you actually shop in, then print it
Shade-card rows keep each family together, so you can see that 3712 sits between 760 and 3328 rather than guessing from the numbers. Code order is what a supplier's stock list and a kit legend are printed in, so it is the one to check a delivery against. Light to dark is the order to use when you want the shade one step deeper than something already in the tray. Print whichever you chose: the sheet drops the controls and the surrounding page and lays the swatches out five to a row.
Paste your kit's legend into the box
Copy the code list off the sheet that came with the canvas — commas, spaces, one per line, or the word DMC in front of every number — and the chart reduces to those shades alone. Leading zeros are stripped, and Blanc, White, Ecru and a bare 5200 all resolve to the three codes in this range that are not numbers. Anything the list contains that is not a DMC solid shade is named back to you in an amber note rather than quietly dropped, because a seller's own numbering mixed into a legend is the usual reason a transcription comes up short.
Read the look-alike table before you open a bag
Under the sheet is every pair among the shades on screen that measures less than 0.020 apart in Oklab, closest first. That is the distance this site's matcher treats as a very close match, and below it no swatch, no printout and no lamp will separate the two — only the label on the bag knows. Across the whole 454 there are 160 such pairs; inside a 30-color kit there are usually two or three, and those are the bags worth taping shut and refilling one at a time.

Technical specifications

Shades on the sheet	454 — the DMC solid stranded-cotton range that drill bags are numbered against. Every code and every shade name shown is DMC's own; variegated and multicolor threads are not in it, because a stone is one solid color
Codes that are not numbers	Three: B5200 Snow White, White and Ecru. Blanc, a bare 5200 and any leading zeros are resolved to them when you paste a legend, since those three are where a transcribed kit list usually breaks
How a look-alike is defined	Under 0.020 apart in Oklab, the distance this site's nearest-color search documents as a very close match. Across the full range that catches 160 pairs, drawn from 166 distinct shades, and 157 of those pairs cross family names
Closest shades in the range	0.0026, reached twice: 225 Shell Pink Ultra Very Light against 967 Apricot Very Light, and 3865 Winter White against 3866 Mocha Brown Ultra Very Light. The median shade's nearest neighbor sits 0.0228 away, roughly nine times further
How far the published color data disagrees	Two independent digitizations of the DMC card agree exactly on 1 shade, land within 8 of 255 on 31, differ by 25 at the median and by 155 at the worst, which is 505 Jade Green. Each shade carries its own figure in the table view
Ways to arrange it	Five: shade-card rows, code low to high, light to dark by Oklab lightness, around the hue wheel, and least trustworthy on screen first. Search runs over the code, the shade name and the hex at the same time
What a kit list accepts	Any separator — commas, spaces, newlines, tabs — with DMC before a number ignored. Unresolved entries are listed back rather than dropped, and pasting anywhere on the page appends to the box without clicking into it first
The sheet in your hand	A print sheet five swatches to a row with the page furniture stripped, a CSV of exactly the shades on screen carrying hex, RGB triple and the disagreement figure, and the visible codes as a comma list to paste into an order form. No image is read on this page at all

Frequently asked questions

Is a drill stamped 3865 the same color as DMC 3865 floss?

It is a factory's match to it, not the same material and not a guaranteed match. DMC makes stranded cotton; the drill trade borrowed its numbering because a fine, well-known ladder of shades already existed under it, so a bag stamped 3865 means somebody matched faceted resin to a cotton shade card. Different factories match it differently, and resin with a faceted top reflects light in a way dyed cotton never does, so a stone can read a shade lighter in the tray than the swatch here and lighter again once it is glued down and catching a lamp. Treat the number as an index into a range, which is exactly what it is.

Two bags in my kit look like the same color. Did they send a duplicate?

Almost certainly not — the DMC range genuinely contains shades no eye can separate. Measured across all 454, 160 pairs sit closer together than 0.020 in Oklab, which is the threshold this site calls a very close match, and 166 distinct shades are involved in at least one of those pairs. The closest are 225 Shell Pink Ultra Very Light against 967 Apricot Very Light, and 3865 Winter White against 3866 Mocha Brown Ultra Very Light, both at 0.0026 apart. Notice that 157 of the 160 pairs cross family names, so the two you cannot separate will rarely be numbers that look related: a pink and an apricot, a white and a brown.

Are all 454 of these codes sold as drills?

No, and no manufacturer publishes a stock list to check against. Drill sets are advertised as 445, 447 or similar counts, which are subsets of this range plus finishes that carry no DMC number at all, and the subset differs by supplier and by season. That is why this page will take your kit's own legend rather than pretending to hold a catalog of what is currently in a warehouse: the codes you can actually buy are the ones on the listing in front of you, and the useful thing to do with this sheet is check that list rather than shop from it.

My kit lists AB, GL and a couple of plain letters. Where are they on the chart?

They are not here, because they are finishes rather than shades and have no DMC number to be listed under. Aurora borealis drills carry an iridescent coating over a base color, glow drills hold a phosphorescent pigment, and matte or ceramic drills change how the facets scatter light without changing the pigment much. Sellers number those in their own scheme — AB 3865, GL 12, a bare letter — and the base shade underneath may or may not correspond to anything in this range. When the kit box asks for one, that bag is the only thing that can supply it.

The legend says Blanc but this chart says White. Which one do I buy?

They are the same shade under two labels, and the box will take either. Blanc is DMC's own French name for its plain white, and English-language listings print it as White; both resolve here, so pasting either gets you the same row. What is genuinely a different shade is B5200, sometimes written as a bare 5200 and named Snow White, which is a brighter, bluer white sold alongside plain white rather than instead of it. Those two plus Ecru are the only three codes in the whole range that are not numbers, which is precisely why they are the three a pasted legend most often fails on.

Can I match a replacement bag from the swatch on this screen?

Only to a shortlist of two or three, never to a decision. The number and the name below each swatch are DMC's own and exact; the block of color is one digitization of a printed shade card, and a second independent digitization of the same card agrees exactly on one shade out of 454, sits within 8 points of 255 on 31 of them, and differs by 25 points at the median. The worst case in the set is 505 Jade Green at 155 points apart, which is a different color by any reasonable reading. Sort by least trustworthy on screen and the top of that list is where the physical card is worth most.

Why is there nowhere to upload a picture on this page?

Because this page answers a question you ask with a bag in your hand, not with a photograph on a screen. Looking a code up, checking a delivery, working out which two shades in a tray are the ones you keep mixing — none of that involves an image, and putting a drop zone here would only make the sheet slower to reach. Turning a picture into drill codes and counts is a genuinely different job with a genuinely different result, and it lives one page over on the photo-to-diamond-painting converter.

About the DMC numbering, and why a chart cannot decide a shade for you

Nothing about a resin stone is inherently DMC. The numbering belongs to a French thread company, it was built for stranded cotton, and the diamond painting trade adopted it wholesale because a shade ladder with 454 rungs and a name on every rung already existed and no one wanted to invent another. What that borrowing means in practice is that the chart you are reading is a floss reference standing in for a resin one. A bag stamped 947 was matched to floss 947 by whoever molded it, and a different factory matching the same floss will land somewhere else — near, but not on. That is one approximation. Rendering either of them as a rectangle of light on your monitor is a second, and it is the larger of the two.

The size of that second approximation is measurable, which is why this page prints it per shade instead of gesturing at it. DMC publishes no official screen values, so every table in circulation is somebody’s photograph of a physical card; comparing two independent ones across all 454 codes gives exact agreement on a single shade, agreement within 8 points of 255 on 31, a median gap of 25 and a worst case of 155 on 505 Jade Green. Twenty-five points of 255 is more than four times the distance at which this site’s color search calls two shades a very close match — meaning the disagreement between the tables is comfortably wider than the difference between neighboring shades in the range. So a swatch is for narrowing to three candidates; the printed card in your hand decides between them. The same caveat governs the thread side of the range on the DMC color chart.

The consequence that costs people an afternoon is not a wrong bag, it is two bags. Because the range was designed as ladders — light, medium, dark, very dark within a family — it contains a great many shades that were never meant to be told apart in isolation, and spreading a 40-color kit across a tray does exactly that. Of the 160 pairs measured here as inseparable, 157 come from different families, so the pair that catches you will be a pink beside an apricot rather than two numbers that look like siblings. The remedy is dull and it works: keep the bags labeled, decant one at a time, and check the look-alike table before the first one is opened. If you are going the other way and need codes for a picture rather than a picture for your codes, the drill converter takes a photograph and returns the counts. The same problem with mixed pigment instead of numbered bags turns up on the paint by numbers generator, and at a scale a child can work at on the color by number worksheet.

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What happens to the codes you type in

Nothing you type here leaves the tab. The arithmetic runs in JavaScript on your own machine — there is no server to send it to, no account to sign in to and nothing stored between visits. Close the tab and nothing of it remains.

The 454 shades are a plain array compiled into this page, not a lookup service, so searching, sorting and pasting a kit legend all happen against data already sitting in your browser and produce no network traffic of any kind. The CSV and the printed sheet are built from the same array in the tab.