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DMC Color Shift of 1995

For various reasons, DMC shifted certain colors in February of 1995. Many conversion charts still available use the old colors; be sure to check the date of any such resource.

Most changes were slight. "New" grays tend to be bluer than the old; shades that are most noticeably different are:

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And, of course, any pattern or chart that uses DMC colors and was published before the date of the shift must be carefully handled when substituting another thread line for DMC. If you are trying to work with an older chart, you should check your results from this database carefully to be sure you achieve the desired match.

See this page for a description of how to tell whether your hank of thread is the old or new color.

You can find some pre-1995 DMC conversion charts in the Needlework Frequently Asked Questions (Needlework FAQs) documents for the rec.crafts.textiles.needlework Usenet newsgroup. Note that the FAQ documents are text files (not searchable databases).

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