Laura Ellis
To give you the most accurate representation of every shade, the thread images used on this page are sourced from the official websites of their respective floss manufacturers. For more information about their threads and available colors, please visit their website at DMC or Anchor Crafts You can see my suggestions below for the closest representation of the palette across different brands, but feel free to adapt these shades to suit your project.
If your design project is ultimately going to be displayed on a digital screen, use the HEX or RGB values from the chart below.
This applies for a wide variety of modern devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers or even TVs. The CMYK color mode will give you more accurate results, as most commercial printers are configured to use these values for the printing process.
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Next, control the lightness/darkness of your selected color by dragging the white circle pointer to any location on the picker surface.
