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A searchable database designed to help fiber artists with bead, thread and computer graphics color conversions.
This database currently includes equivalents for:

Cotton Floss DMC Anchor Madeira
Beads Miyuki Delica Mill Hill Beads  
Silk floss Soie d'Alger
by Kreinik		 Silk Mori and Silk Serica
by Kreinik		 Madeira
Rayon floss DMC rayon Marlitt
by Anchor
Coming soon!		  
Flower thread
(matte cotton floss)		 DMC
discontinued 12/31/99		 Ginnie Thompson Danish
Pearl Thread
(undifferentiated sizes)		 DMC Cotton Anchor Cotton  
Needlepoint Yarn Paternayan Medici
by DMC		  
Computer Graphics RGB display
Coming soon!		    

This list will be expanded as time permits; if there is a particular line of thread or beads you'd like to see added, please let me know and I'll do my best to give it a higher priority.

Where'd this information come from? Click here to see the sources used to create this database.

The information given here should be used only as a guide. Please read these important Caveats.

NEW! Conversion charts for DMC floss to (and from) Delica Beads (only) in PDF form -- get the entire chart in a single downloadable document!

Click here for the chart that shows which Delica beads match each DMC floss color.

Click here for the chart that shows which DMC floss matches each Delica bead color.

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