Hi there

Try to get the colors as close as the one which you want to substitute. That all what I can tell you.

The answer to your question is YES, there is such a thing. I am 95% certain I have seen it. Thought I had it in my computer but can't find it.


If you go to the DMC site you will find a listing of DMC colors by families,

Maybe this will help you

I did this once. I went to my crossstitch store, found the material I wanted to use and pulled the original colors. I layed the original colors on the material. I then pulled the colors I thought I wanted to use and began comparing them to the original colors. If I had a dark blue as an original color, I tried to get a dark color of my choice that matched the shade or hue of the original color, etc. I did the same for all of the colors of my choice comparing them to the original. The project came out fine. I hope you understand what I have written. I am sure thatothers on this chat can help you also. Good Luck! Linda

lkgrahm -- I just got back on to try to clarify what I said. You said it better. Take a section of blues and compare it to a section of greens or oranges or reds, etc.

Thank you, everyone. I'll give it a try. :)

Just followed NancyG's advice and went to the DMC USA website. What a wealth of information! I had no idea that there was a listing of DMC thread by color families. Several times I've thought about modifying the colors into something that I would like better but couldn't think of a simple/easy (keyword easy) way to do it. These charts are just the ticket.