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Colours! Colours galore! I love the DMC options their variations selection has on offer. And there are so many of them - 60 to be exact!
The DMC variations are similar in look to the DMC coloris flosses but in most cases, they are a bit more… subtle. Gradual. Less crazy, one could say 🤣. They are great for giving things a bit more definition (think embroidering flowers for example) and depth without having to change your floss so often while using a regular, solid colour.
Whatever you want to use a DMC variation floss for (and if you're not using them - why not?!), you might be wondering what 3-4 colours are used to make up that pretty skein of floss you're eyeing off. I know that a lot of these flosses are so useful for hand embroidery, especially for flora and other "nature"-esque pieces.
Whatever your motivation is, you've come to the right place. I have pulled gathered the information (from many sources over the internet) you're looking for!
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Variation number and the corresponding solid numbers
| Variation | Solid colours (in number order) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 | 3021 | 3031 | 3371 | 3799 |
| 4010 | 159 | 162 | 415 | 762 |
| 4015 | 168 | 415 | 762 | 3072 |
| 4017 | 648 | 775 | 827 | 3866 |
| 4020 | 747 | 3761 | 3766 | 3840 |
| 4022 | 996 | 3843 | 3844 | 3846 |
| 4025 | 597 | 3809 | 3810 | |
| 4030 | 597 | 931 | 992 | 3810 |
| 4040 | 747 | 955 | 958 | 964 |
| 4042 | 164 | 321 | 699 | B5200 |
| 4045 | 319 | 320 | 367 | |
| 4047 | 890 | 895 | 904 | 909 |
| 4050 | 581 | 703 | 907 | 992 |
| 4060 | 164 | 165 | 772 | 964 |
| 4065 | 647 | 926 | 3053 | 3782 |
| 4066 | 166 | 469 | 936 | 937 |
| 4068 | 730 | 734 | 801 | 3371 |
| 4069 | 307 | 445 | 906 | 907 |
| 4070 | 166 | 733 | 3819 | 3821 |
| 4072 | 3045 | 3046 | 3047 | 3078 |
| 4073 | 677 | 726 | 3821 | 3852 |
| 4075 | 834 | 3820 | 3821 | 3822 |
| 4077 | 445 | 973 | 3823 | |
| 4080 | 165 | 744 | 745 | 3823 |
| 4090 | 745 | 3823 | 3855 | 3856 |
| 4095 | 225 | 676 | 963 | 3823 |
| 4100 | 743 | 3824 | 3825 | 3855 |
| 4110 | 967 | 3341 | 3708 | 3824 |
| 4120 | 351 | 352 | 722 | 3856 |
| 4122 | 666 | 740 | 742 | 975 |
| 4124 | 720 | 721 | 722 | |
| 4126 | 922 | 977 | 3045 | 3820 |
| 4128 | 973 | 977 | 3827 | |
| 4129 | 729 | 782 | 833 | 3829 |
| 4130 | 301 | 400 | 920 | 3721 |
| 4135 | 632 | 838 | 898 | 918 |
| 4140 | 632 | 3859 | 3863 | 3864 |
| 4145 | 3032 | 3782 | 3790 | |
| 4150 | 543 | 739 | 3033 | Ecru |
| 4160 | 746 | 818 | 3770 | 3865 |
| 4170 | 605 | 819 | 963 | 967 |
| 4180 | 603 | 604 | 605 | |
| 4190 | 608 | 956 | 957 | 3706 |
| 4200 | 321 | 606 | 666 | 891 |
| 4205 | 321 | 814 | 817 | 3801 |
| 4210 | 498 | 777 | 814 | 915 |
| 4211 | 210 | 326 | 327 | 718 |
| 4212 | 550 | 791 | 814 | 816 |
| 4214 | 151 | 162 | 322 | 819 |
| 4215 | 155 | 156 | 209 | 322 |
| 4220 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 341 |
| 4230 | 322 | 809 | 3840 | |
| 4235 | 159 | 160 | 161 | |
| 4237 | 747 | 798 | 803 | 3760 |
| 4240 | 158 | 311 | 312 | 336 |
| 4245 | 550 | 791 | 796 | 939 |
| 4250 | 208 | 211 | 340 | 797 |
| 4255 | 550 | 554 | 3837 | Blanc |
| 4260 | 208 | 3608 | 3609 | 3836 |
| 4265 | 208 | 211 | 307 | 550 |
I hope this will be useful for your current & future projects! I have collated this information from a variety of other sources and honestly, I'll be glad to have this reference for myself, even if no one else finds it useful. Hehe!
As an aside; the colours I've represented the replacements as are only an estimation, since dyed cotton and HEX codes (the colours your computer monitor uses to display each colour you see) cannot be completely and exactly replicated. They're just there to assist.
