DMC Color Matcher
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About DMC Color Matcher
Match a hex, RGB, picker, or sampled image color to the closest solid DMC Mouliné embroidery floss shades. Compare perceptual color distance, preview realistic thread skeins, explore nearby alternatives, and collect up to eight shades in a copy-ready working palette.
FAQ
The matcher converts your screen color and each floss approximation into CIE Lab color space, then ranks the 489 solid shades with the perceptual CIEDE2000 difference formula.
Not always. Screens emit light while cotton thread reflects it, and lighting, display calibration, dye lots, and screen settings can change the appearance. Use a physical thread shade card for color-critical work.
No. The image is decoded and sampled locally in your browser. Its pixels are not uploaded to the server, included in analytics, or saved by this tool.
Transparent and translucent pixels are composited against the dark green image preview background before matching, so the sampled color agrees with the color visible in the tool.
The matcher includes 489 solid six-strand DMC Mouliné shades, including numbered colors 01 through 35 plus White, Snow White, and Ecru. Screen values are useful approximations rather than physical color standards.