How many DMC floss colors are there?
This checklist has the 508 DMC six-strand cotton colors in our data, from B5200 Snow White and White to 3866. DMC also sells specialty lines (Light Effects, Satin, Étoile, Color Variations) that aren’t on it.
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Printable DMC Floss Inventory Checklist (and Stash Spreadsheet)
You’re in the craft store again, not sure whether you already own DMC 3865 or 3866, and you’ve bought a third skein of 310 because you couldn’t remember.
Print a checklist of every DMC color with its swatch, number and name, tick what you own, and take it shopping. Or skip the paper: photograph your skeins and the free floss stash tracker reads the number on each label, then remembers where every color is stored.
Make your checklist
Sort by number or by color family, pick the columns and paper, and download the PDF. Tick colors here too, then download them as a CSV for the stash tracker.
How to inventory your floss stash
Print the checklist
Number order matches how most people store floss on bobbins or in drawers. Color-family order is easier when your stash is sorted by color.
Go drawer by drawer
Tick each color you own and write how many skeins. Mark the colors you’re low on in the Need column.
Keep it with your stash
Fold it into your floss box and update it as you stitch, so it’s with you when you shop.
Or put it online
Tick the same colors on this page, download the CSV, and import it into the floss stash tracker. Faster still: photograph your skeins and skip the ticking (see below).
Faster than paper: photograph your skeins
A checklist goes out of date the first time you finish a project, and ticking 500 boxes takes an evening. The free StitchThis floss stash tracker keeps the same list on your phone and computer, and you don’t have to type it in:
Photograph your skeins
Lay them out with the labels showing and take a picture, up to 5 photos at a time. StitchThis reads the number on each label and counts duplicates, and you check the list before anything is saved. Your first photo import is free; Maker makes it unlimited.
Note where each color lives
Give every color a storage spot (“drawer 2B”, “bobbin box 3”), so the tracker tells you where it is as well as that you own it.
Or import a spreadsheet
Already keep a list? Upload it as a CSV: this page’s file or your own. Brand, number and how many come across in one go.
Keep it current
Search any number in the shop, add retired colors you still own, and deduct a finished pattern’s floss with one tick.
When you make a pattern from a photo with StitchThis, it leans toward colors already in your stash, so you buy less.
Ways to organize DMC floss
By number
Easiest for following patterns, which list floss by number. Bobbins in a box, in number order.
By color family
Easiest for designing, because similar shades sit together. Print the checklist in color-family order to match.
By project
Pull every color for the next project into one bag. The stash organization guide has more ideas.
More DMC tools
- DMC color chart: every color with its name, swatch and substitutes, one page per color.
- DMC to Anchor converter: and 12 other brands, each match scored.
- Retired DMC colors: what replaces a discontinued number.
- Weeks Dye Works to DMC and The Gentle Art to DMC: stitch overdyed patterns from your DMC stash.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a DMC floss inventory spreadsheet?
Yes: tick the colors you own on this page and download them as a CSV, which opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets. The same file imports into the floss stash tracker.
Can I inventory my floss from a photo?
Yes. In the free floss stash tracker, photograph your skeins with the labels showing (up to 5 photos at a time) and StitchThis reads the number on each one. You review the list and save it, then note where each color is stored. The first photo import is free; Maker makes it unlimited.
Why does the CSV only include the colors I ticked?
So that importing it never marks colors as owned that you don’t have. Tick what you own (and any you need) and only those rows go in the file.
Is it free?
Yes, the checklist, the CSV and the stash tracker are free. The PDF and CSV are made in your browser, no account needed.
Photograph your skeins. Skip the checklist.
Designing, previewing and saving patterns is free with a StitchThis account, and your first PDF is free. After that a PDF is $5.99 (or 5 for $20), or Maker ($5.99/month) for unlimited PDFs.