Thread chart
Brother Embroidery
61 colours. Numbers are the manufacturer's catalogue numbers; colours are RGB approximations from the published chart.
Brother's 64-colour palette is not a thread range so much as what every PES file stores: colours in a PES are indices into this list, and the machine screen shows these names. Use this chart to read a Brother screen and find the thread to buy in your own brand.
| Swatch | Number | Name | Hex |
|---|---|---|---|
| 900 | Black | #000000 | |
| 001 | White | #f0f0f0 | |
| 800 | Red | #ed171f | |
| 085 | Pink | #f993bc | |
| 086 | Deep Rose | #f64a8a | |
| 124 | Flesh Pink | #fdd9de | |
| 107 | Dark Fuchsia | #c70156 | |
| 030 | Vermilion | #fe370f | |
| 807 | Carmine | #f73866 | |
| 869 | Royal Purple | #770176 | |
| 620 | Magenta | #913697 | |
| 079 | Salmon Pink | #fcbbc4 | |
| 333 | Amber Red | #b54c64 | |
| 202 | Lemon Yellow | #f0f970 | |
| 205 | Yellow | #ffff00 | |
| 206 | Harvest Gold | #ffd911 | |
| 208 | Orange | #feba35 | |
| 126 | Pumpkin | #feb343 | |
| 209 | Tangerine | #fe9e32 | |
| 010 | Cream Brown | #ffffb3 | |
| 812 | Cream Yellow | #fff08d | |
| 348 | Khaki | #d0a660 | |
| 214 | Deep Gold | #e8a900 | |
| 328 | Brass | #ba9800 | |
| 307 | Linen | #fee3c5 | |
| 058 | Dark Brown | #2a1301 | |
| 337 | Reddish Brown | #d15c00 | |
| 339 | Clay Brown | #d15400 | |
| 843 | Beige | #efe3b9 | |
| 399 | Warm Gray | #d8ccc6 | |
| 330 | Russet Brown | #7d6f00 | |
| 323 | Light Brown | #b27624 | |
| 542 | Seacrest | #a8ddc4 | |
| 502 | Mint Green | #9ed67d | |
| 509 | Leaf Green | #66ba49 | |
| 519 | Olive Green | #132b1a | |
| 517 | Dark Olive | #435607 | |
| 534 | Teal Green | #008777 | |
| 507 | Emerald Green | #00673e | |
| 808 | Deep Green | #003822 | |
| 027 | Fresh Green | #e3f35b | |
| 513 | Lime Green | #70bc1f | |
| 515 | Moss Green | #2f7e20 | |
| 405 | Blue | #0a55a3 | |
| 406 | Ultramarine | #0b3d91 | |
| 017 | Light Blue | #a8deeb | |
| 019 | Sky Blue | #2584bb | |
| 420 | Electric Blue | #095ba6 | |
| 415 | Peacock Blue | #134a76 | |
| 007 | Prussian Blue | #0e1f7c | |
| 070 | Corn Flower | #4b6baf | |
| 810 | Light Lilac | #e49acb | |
| 612 | Lilac | #915fac | |
| 613 | Violet | #6a1c8a | |
| 614 | Purple | #4e2990 | |
| 804 | Lavender | #b2afd4 | |
| 607 | Wistaria Violet | #686ab0 | |
| 704 | Pewter | #4f5556 | |
| 707 | Dark Gray | #293133 | |
| 005 | Silver | #a8a8a8 | |
| 817 | Gray | #878787 |
Using this chart
To find the Brother Embroidery number for a colour you have in another brand, open the thread colour converter, type the number and brand you have, and pick Brother Embroidery as the target; the three closest matches are shown with their distance. To convert a whole design, drop the stitch file on the converter and every block is matched at once.
Distances are CIEDE2000 on the chart colours: under 1 is indistinguishable, under 2.3 very close, under 5 close enough for most work, over 10 a different colour. Chart values are approximations, not spectrophotometer readings, so confirm a customer's brand colour against a physical thread card.