Madeira thread colors by color family
Every Madeira stranded cotton color in the dataset (369 shades), grouped by color family and sorted light to dark. Each card shows the shade's code, name and its nearest DMC number; open one for hex, RGB and Lab values, cross-brand equivalents, blends and shading steps.
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White
White: one entry on this page, Madeira 2504.
Cream and ecru
Cream and ecru: 4 on this page, from Madeira 2314 to Madeira 306.
Beige and tan
Beige and tan: 6 on this page, from Madeira 2014 to Madeira 1814.
Gray
Gray: 16 on this page, from Madeira 1309 to Madeira 1506.
- Madeira 1309 Pistachio Green Very Light · ≈ DMC 772
- Madeira 1805 Gray Green Ultra Very Light · ≈ DMC 928
- Madeira 1804 Pearl Gray Very Light · ≈ DMC 415
- Madeira 1001 Antique Blue Very Light · ≈ DMC 927
- Madeira 1901 Beige Gray Light · ≈ DMC 644
- Madeira 1101 Blue Very Light · ≈ DMC 927
- Madeira 1708 Blue Gray Light · ≈ DMC 932
- Madeira 1701 Sea Foam Green Light · ≈ DMC 523
- Madeira 2611 Dusty Violet Light · ≈ DMC 452
- Madeira 1709 Blue Gray Very Light · ≈ DMC 647
- Madeira 1807 Shell Gray Medium · ≈ DMC 3042
- Madeira 1802 Steel Gray Light · ≈ DMC 169
- Madeira 1808 Shell Gray Dark · ≈ DMC 3041
- Madeira 1801 Steel Gray Medium · ≈ DMC 317
- Madeira 1809 Shell Gray Very Dark · ≈ DMC 844
- Madeira 1506 Fern Green Very Dark · ≈ DMC 3031
Brown
Brown: 17 on this page, from Madeira 1605 to Madeira 2004.
- Madeira 1605 Khaki Green Light · ≈ DMC 3012
- Madeira 1606 Khaki Green Medium · ≈ DMC 730
- Madeira 1812 Beaver Gray Medium · ≈ DMC 640
- Madeira 1913 Beige Brown Very Dark · ≈ DMC 08
- Madeira 1905 Beige Gray Very Dark · ≈ DMC 839
- Madeira 1811 Beaver Gray Dark · ≈ DMC 3021
- Madeira 2304 Mahogany Dark · ≈ DMC 3777
- Madeira 2009 Tan Medium Dark · ≈ DMC 400
- Madeira 1614 Sage Green Dark · ≈ DMC 936
- Madeira 2105 Hazelnut Brown Dark · ≈ DMC 433
- Madeira 2114 Avocado Very Dark · ≈ DMC 801
- Madeira 2107 Drab Brown Dark · ≈ DMC 801
- Madeira 1914 Beige Brown Ultra Very Dark · ≈ DMC 801
- Madeira 2106 Drab Brown Very Dark · ≈ DMC 898
- Madeira 1904 Beige Gray Ultra Very Dark · ≈ DMC 938
- Madeira 1505 Fern Green Ultra Very Dark · ≈ DMC 3031
- Madeira 2004 Black Brown · ≈ DMC 938
Red
Red: 11 on this page, from Madeira 310 to Madeira 2607.
- Madeira 310 Copper Medium Light · ≈ DMC 720
- Madeira 812 Shell Pink Medium · ≈ DMC 309
- Madeira 610 Dusty Rose Very Dark · ≈ DMC 3350
- Madeira 209 Orange Very Dark · ≈ DMC 347
- Madeira 806 Antique Violet Dark · ≈ DMC 3740
- Madeira 2311 Peach Flesh Very Dark · ≈ DMC 221
- Madeira 810 Antique Mauve Dark · ≈ DMC 902
- Madeira 513 Garnet Dark · ≈ DMC 814
- Madeira 1810 Shell Gray Ultra Very Dark · ≈ DMC 154
- Madeira 2606 Peach Ultra Very Dark · ≈ DMC 154
- Madeira 2607 Antique Plum Very Dark · ≈ DMC 35
Pink
Pink: 5 on this page, from Madeira 608 to Madeira 2610.
About these Madeira colors
By color family, the 369 Madeira shades split into 74 red, 54 green, 44 brown, 35 yellow, 33 blue, 26 pink, 22 teal and aqua, 20 purple, 17 gray, 16 orange, 15 beige and tan, 8 cream and ecru, 4 white and 1 black.
11 Madeira colors have a DMC twin under ΔE 1 and 118 more sit within ΔE 3; 57 have no DMC match closer than ΔE 6, so those need a test stitch before you swap brands.
The lightest shade is Madeira 2403 Winter White (L* 99.2), the darkest Madeira Black (L* 0.0), and the most saturated Madeira 206 Orange Red (C* 100.4).
Color values come from KDE KXStitch floss schemes, published under GPL-2.0-or-later and retrieved 2026-10-26. They are screen approximations of dyed thread, so every equivalent here is a computed guide.