Colour charts
DMC
DMC six-strand cotton floss — the standard colour system for cross stitch, 489 shades. Each number is listed with its hex value and the closest fuse-bead codes, so a bead chart and a stitch chart convert either way.
489 colours · 6-strand cotton floss
Bead codes ↔ floss codes
Have a DMC floss number and want to bead it instead — or a bead pattern you would rather stitch? Every shade below lists its closest bead codes, and each bead code opens its own cross-brand page.
Photo to Perler Bead Pattern GeneratorDMC floss to bead codes
The closest code in each common bead palette, by CIEDE2000 colour difference — lower is closer. Floss and plastic beads are different materials, so a match is close, never exact.