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Weeks Dye Works to DMC thread conversion chart

Find the closest DMC match for any Weeks Dye Works color — with match quality percentages and ranked alternatives. Also converts DMC to WDW.

355 hand-dyed colors matched using perceptual color distance.
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Full Weeks Dye Works to DMC conversion chart

356 color matches, ranked by match quality. Click any row for alternatives.

Code → Code Match
1083 → 27 77% Fair
1086 → BLANC 84% Fair
1088 → BLANC 82% Fair
1091 → BLANC 81% Fair
1092 → 10 97% Best
1094 → 3024 77% Fair
1096 → 712 88% Good
1098 → 712 90% Good
1101 → 822 83% Fair
1103 → 644 72% Approx
1105 → 3024 78% Fair
1106 → 3033 77% Fair
1107 → 06 80% Fair
1108 → 677 85% Good
1109 → ECRU 78% Fair
1110 → 3047 85% Good
1111 → 746 82% Fair
1112 → 3823 87% Good
1113 → 11 81% Fair
1114 → 3823 90% Good
1115 → 11 84% Fair
1116 → 372 86% Good
1118 → 677 82% Fair
1119 → 445 81% Fair
1120 → 3348 79% Fair
1121 → 422 79% Fair
1122 → 3033 71% Approx
1123 → 16 74% Approx
1124 → 677 89% Good
1125 → 3047 84% Fair
1126 → 841 82% Fair
1127 → 3033 76% Fair
1129 → 543 86% Good
1131 → 3771 85% Good
1132 → 841 77% Fair
1133 → 842 75% Fair
1134 → 3033 82% Fair
1135 → 225 71% Approx
1136 → 224 64% Approx
1137 → 778 68% Approx
1138 → 778 81% Fair
1139 → 225 72% Approx
1141 → 371 84% Fair
1146 → 422 79% Fair
1147 → 3743 92% Good
1150 → 07 86% Good
1151 → 452 72% Approx
1152 → 3072 82% Fair
1153 → 05 80% Fair
1154 → 646 82% Fair
1155 → 928 84% Fair
1156 → 28 68% Approx
1161 → 10 80% Fair
1166 → 503 87% Good
1171 → 03 67% Approx
1173 → 648 88% Good
1174 → 03 91% Good
1176 → 453 82% Fair
1181 → 524 81% Fair
1183 → 369 71% Approx
1186 → 451 66% Approx
1189 → 14 82% Fair
1191 → 523 87% Good
1193 → 3013 78% Fair
1194 → 613 88% Good
1196 → 3023 90% Good
1197 → 3023 79% Fair
1198 → 3032 89% Good
1201 → 3032 83% Fair
1206 → 644 82% Fair
1211 → 612 87% Good
1216 → 371 79% Fair
1219 → 642 86% Good
1220 → 841 76% Fair
1221 → 3032 95% Best
1222 → 612 89% Good
1223 → 612 87% Good
1223a → 3045 93% Best
1224 → 729 92% Good
1224a → 729 83% Fair
1225 → 167 88% Good
1226 → 3864 75% Fair
1227 → 422 92% Good
1228 → 3863 83% Fair
1228a → 301 90% Good
1229 → 436 81% Fair
1230 → 610 78% Fair
1231 → 3828 83% Fair
1232 → 371 87% Good
1232a → 840 88% Good
1233 → 840 80% Fair
1234 → 3862 81% Fair
1235 → 3857 73% Approx
1236 → 841 78% Fair
1237 → 839 87% Good
1238 → 841 80% Fair
1239 → 3012 77% Fair
1240 → 3829 83% Fair
1241 → 370 86% Good
1246 → 372 77% Fair
1251 → 524 87% Good
1256 → 647 83% Fair
1259 → 3022 79% Fair
1261 → 3052 75% Fair
1264 → 3012 79% Fair
1265 → 640 70% Approx
1266 → 3787 82% Fair
1267 → 3861 75% Fair
1268 → 3021 92% Good
1269 → 3790 82% Fair
1270 → 3857 83% Fair
1271 → 936 74% Approx
1272 → 3031 82% Fair
1273 → 08 85% Good
1274 → 3363 86% Good
1276 → 3051 83% Fair
1277 → 3051 88% Good
1279 → 500 85% Good
1280 → 3363 81% Fair
1281 → 647 81% Fair
1282 → 926 70% Approx
1283 → 924 82% Fair
1284 → 926 90% Good
1285 → 413 74% Approx
1286 → 03 84% Fair
1288 → 3787 84% Fair
1289 → 09 64% Approx
1290 → 647 86% Good
1291 → 451 66% Approx
1295 → 04 79% Fair
1296 → 04 80% Fair
1298 → 317 66% Approx
1299 → 646 94% Best
1300 → 647 77% Fair
1300a → 3866 88% Good
1301 → 3023 85% Good
1302 → 3022 77% Fair
1303 → 535 89% Good
1304 → 3371 93% Best
1305 → 29 70% Approx
1306 → 336 79% Fair
1307 → 792 76% Fair
1309 → 161 77% Fair
1311 → 3740 75% Fair
1313 → 3041 77% Fair
1316 → 3740 93% Best
1317 → 3740 76% Fair
1318 → 3740 95% Best
1321 → 3740 74% Approx
1323 → 315 89% Good
1326 → 839 76% Fair
1329 → 3803 86% Good
1330 → 3861 77% Fair
1331 → 300 85% Good
1332 → 3772 78% Fair
1333 → 300 82% Fair
1334 → 221 90% Good
1336 → 3721 93% Best
1337 → 3860 69% Approx
1339 → 815 94% Best
1343 → 814 89% Good
2020 → 28 74% Approx
2101 → 04 67% Approx
2102 → 3750 78% Fair
2103 → 823 83% Fair
2104 → 803 89% Good
2104a → 597 71% Approx
2106 → 01 87% Good
2107 → 932 84% Fair
2107a → 160 84% Fair
2108 → 317 97% Best
2108a → 317 85% Good
2109 → 775 78% Fair
2110 → 926 75% Fair
2111 → 318 77% Fair
2112 → 926 68% Approx
2113 → 3755 84% Fair
2114 → 3768 78% Fair
2116 → 926 80% Fair
2118 → 3766 83% Fair
2120 → 597 78% Fair
2121 → 3766 82% Fair
2126 → 524 92% Good
2129 → 3811 73% Approx
2131 → 747 74% Approx
2133 → 964 81% Fair
2135 → 3810 69% Approx
2136 → 993 83% Fair
2139 → 910 76% Fair
2141 → 993 86% Good
2142 → 959 86% Good
2144 → 563 81% Fair
2146 → 369 80% Fair
2149 → 3848 73% Approx
2151 → 522 84% Fair
2152 → 501 76% Fair
2153 → 505 90% Good
2156 → 501 82% Fair
2158 → 895 77% Fair
2159 → 645 80% Fair
2161 → 3053 76% Fair
2166 → 522 75% Fair
2168 → 989 94% Best
2171 → 3363 86% Good
2173 → 913 68% Approx
2176 → 955 87% Good
2181 → 503 75% Fair
2186 → 524 86% Good
2191 → 955 76% Fair
2194 → 3012 81% Fair
2195 → 3052 68% Approx
2196 → 3053 73% Approx
2197 → 370 82% Fair
2198 → 522 85% Good
2199 → 3053 87% Good
2200 → 3362 85% Good
2201 → 580 95% Best
2202 → 580 92% Good
2202a → 471 78% Fair
2203 → 3348 74% Approx
2204 → 704 63% Approx
2204a → 907 73% Approx
2205 → 3013 86% Good
2206 → 320 86% Good
2207 → 17 74% Approx
2208 → 834 76% Fair
2210 → 372 89% Good
2211 → 370 87% Good
2213 → 832 85% Good
2216 → 612 92% Good
2217 → 445 77% Fair
2218 → 11 80% Fair
2219 → 833 91% Good
2220 → 833 90% Good
2221 → 613 86% Good
2221a → 436 77% Fair
2222 → 738 89% Good
2223 → 727 84% Fair
2224 → 726 79% Fair
2225 → 444 87% Good
2225a → 3820 83% Fair
2226 → 976 81% Fair
2227 → 3820 94% Best
2228 → 3853 83% Fair
2229 → 922 91% Good
2230 → 721 80% Fair
2230a → 976 75% Fair
2231 → 3771 91% Good
2233 → 728 90% Good
2234 → 976 92% Good
2235 → 720 87% Good
2236 → 780 82% Fair
2237 → 433 93% Best
2238 → 3776 83% Fair
2239 → 3826 77% Fair
2239a → 355 94% Best
2240 → 3826 94% Best
2240a → 817 92% Good
2241 → 3772 77% Fair
2242 → 869 87% Good
2243 → 3773 84% Fair
2244 → 921 85% Good
2245 → 351 77% Fair
2246 → 352 82% Fair
2247 → 224 88% Good
2248 → 818 86% Good
2249 → 21 93% Best
2251 → 3778 74% Approx
2254 → 3863 86% Good
2256 → 3790 90% Good
2258 → 3830 91% Good
2259 → 3777 85% Good
2260 → 919 76% Fair
2261 → 223 86% Good
2262 → 899 89% Good
2263 → 3722 78% Fair
2264 → 816 87% Good
2265 → 3350 88% Good
2266 → 817 95% Best
2266a → 304 91% Good
2267 → 347 87% Good
2268 → 900 88% Good
2268a → 349 92% Good
2269 → 349 86% Good
2271 → 760 78% Fair
2272 → 3688 81% Fair
2274 → 3722 81% Fair
2275 → 151 90% Good
2275a → 3833 78% Fair
2276 → 223 86% Good
2278 → 224 79% Fair
2279 → 778 79% Fair
2280 → 778 95% Best
2281 → 3861 81% Fair
2282 → 3859 68% Approx
2284 → 316 74% Approx
2285 → 3773 80% Fair
2286 → 3861 82% Fair
2289 → 25 71% Approx
2291 → 210 89% Good
2293 → 209 56% Approx
2296 → 3042 80% Fair
2301 → 153 77% Fair
2306 → 333 83% Fair
2311 → 747 76% Fair
2316 → 3836 79% Fair
2321 → 3041 76% Fair
2326 → 3863 76% Fair
2329 → 333 61% Approx
2331 → 3041 77% Fair
2333 → 155 74% Approx
2334 → 210 70% Approx
2335 → 34 82% Fair
2336 → 32 85% Good
2337 → 155 83% Fair
2338 → 333 76% Fair
2339 → 793 88% Good
2342 → 31 83% Fair
3500 → 842 83% Fair
3550 → 3740 75% Fair
3850 → 315 87% Good
3860 → 3857 83% Fair
3900 → 3799 63% Approx
3910 → 939 66% Approx
3940 → 3799 79% Fair
3950 → 935 75% Fair
3960 → 501 76% Fair
4101 → 976 85% Good
4103 → 3862 80% Fair
4105 → 3022 72% Approx
4107 → 301 81% Fair
4109 → 316 84% Fair
4111 → 3363 75% Fair
4113 → 01 72% Approx
4115 → 3726 73% Approx
4117 → 3768 73% Approx
4119 → 3042 76% Fair
4121 → 3802 90% Good
4123 → 3743 80% Fair
4125 → 27 85% Good
4127 → 931 80% Fair
4129 → 3787 81% Fair
4131 → 3776 87% Good
4133 → 452 76% Fair
4135 → 3011 78% Fair
4137 → 3042 84% Fair
4139 → 3740 63% Approx
4141 → 05 89% Good
4143 → 3828 86% Good
4145 → 3687 73% Approx
4147 → 3782 84% Fair
4149 → 415 83% Fair
4151 → 613 84% Fair
6550 → 318 73% Approx
6650 → 3823 92% Good
6850 → 356 87% Good

Convert between Weeks Dye Works and DMC thread codes. Each match includes a quality percentage based on perceptual color distance — so you can see how close the substitution actually is.

About hand-dyed thread conversions

Weeks Dye Works threads are over-dyed, meaning each skein has subtle color variation from light to dark. A DMC conversion gives you the closest solid color to the WDW base tone, but it won't replicate the depth and texture of the hand-dyed thread. Use these conversions as starting points — for critical color choices, compare threads in person.

Understanding match quality

  • 93–100% — Virtually identical base tone. Rare for hand-dyed to solid conversions.
  • 85–92% — Very close. The DMC thread captures the dominant tone well.
  • 75–84% — Good match. Works for most projects where exact replication isn't needed.
  • Below 75% — Approximate. The WDW color may have no close DMC equivalent — consider buying the original.

Have a pattern file? Open your PCStitch .pat, Pattern Maker .xsd, or OXS file and remap the entire palette in one click — no manual code lookup needed.

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FAQ

Can you substitute DMC for Weeks Dye Works?
You can get close. WDW threads are over-dyed, so each skein has subtle color variation that a solid DMC thread can't replicate. This tool finds the DMC color closest to the WDW base tone, and shows you the match quality so you can judge whether the substitution works for your pattern.
How is the match percentage calculated?
We use CIEDE2000, the industry standard for perceptual color difference. It measures how different two colors appear to the human eye. 93%+ is virtually indistinguishable; below 75% means a visible difference. Hand-dyed threads will always show lower matches than solid-to-solid conversions because the over-dyeing creates color variation within a single skein.
Why are WDW matches generally lower quality than DMC-to-Anchor?
DMC and Anchor are both solid-dyed threads targeting similar color ranges. WDW is over-dyed — each color has a base tone plus variation. The match percentage reflects how close a solid DMC thread is to the WDW base tone, but it can't capture the depth and variation of the hand-dyed thread.
Can I convert an entire pattern from WDW to DMC?
Yes. Paste multiple WDW color names (comma or newline separated) into the batch conversion field. You'll get a complete table with the best DMC match for each color.

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