Conversion chart
Brother Embroidery to Isacord Polyester
Every Brother Embroidery colour with its closest Isacord Polyester thread, matched in CIELAB with CIEDE2000. 46 of 61 have a match under ΔE 5 (close enough for most work); the rest are labelled so you can pick by eye. Reverse table
2
indistinguishable (ΔE under 1)
46
close (ΔE under 5)
1
no real equivalent (ΔE 10 or more)
| Brother Embroidery | Isacord Polyester | ΔE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 | Black | 0020 | Black | 0.0 identical | ||
| 001 | White | 4071 | Glacier Green | 2.8 close | ||
| 800 | Red | 1521 | Flamingo | 3.4 close | ||
| 085 | Pink | 2530 | Rose | 2.5 close | ||
| 086 | Deep Rose | 2300 | Bright Ruby | 4.4 close | ||
| 124 | Flesh Pink | 2160 | Iced Pink | 2.9 close | ||
| 107 | Dark Fuchsia | 1906 | Tulip | 4.9 close | ||
| 030 | Vermilion | 1703 | Poppy | 3.4 close | ||
| 807 | Carmine | 1753 | Strawberries n' Cream | 5.0 noticeable | ||
| 869 | Royal Purple | 3536 | Heraldic | 3.7 close | ||
| 620 | Magenta | 2715 | Pansy | 5.1 noticeable | ||
| 079 | Salmon Pink | 2560 | Azalea Pink | 3.2 close | ||
| 333 | Amber Red | 1906 | Tulip | 5.2 noticeable | ||
| 202 | Lemon Yellow | 0221 | Light Brass | 1.9 very close | ||
| 205 | Yellow | 0600 | Citrus | 0.0 identical | ||
| 206 | Harvest Gold | 0608 | Sunshine | 1.1 very close | ||
| 208 | Orange | 1120 | Sunset | 1.9 very close | ||
| 126 | Pumpkin | 1102 | Pumpkin | 2.8 close | ||
| 209 | Tangerine | 1300 | Tangerine | 2.1 very close | ||
| 010 | Cream Brown | 0630 | Buttercup | 4.0 close | ||
| 812 | Cream Yellow | 0230 | Easter Dress | 1.7 very close | ||
| 348 | Khaki | 0731 | Applesauce | 1.7 very close | ||
| 214 | Deep Gold | 1120 | Sunset | 5.1 noticeable | ||
| 328 | Brass | 0932 | Nutmeg | 3.4 close | ||
| 307 | Linen | 0781 | Candlewick | 3.5 close | ||
| 058 | Dark Brown | 0576 | Very Dark Brown | 11.2 different | ||
| 337 | Reddish Brown | 1321 | Dark Orange | 3.0 close | ||
| 339 | Clay Brown | 1321 | Dark Orange | 2.8 close | ||
| 843 | Beige | 0532 | Champagne | 3.4 close | ||
| 399 | Warm Gray | 0184 | Pearl | 2.6 close | ||
| 330 | Russet Brown | 0747 | Golden Brown | 6.4 noticeable | ||
| 323 | Light Brown | 1032 | Bronze | 1.9 very close | ||
| 542 | Seacrest | 5220 | Silver Sage | 4.2 close | ||
| 502 | Mint Green | 5531 | Pear | 3.6 close | ||
| 509 | Leaf Green | 5500 | Limedrop | 7.2 noticeable | ||
| 519 | Olive Green | 5565 | Enchanting Forest | 4.4 close | ||
| 517 | Dark Olive | 5944 | Backyard Green | 9.4 noticeable | ||
| 534 | Teal Green | 4442 | Deep Sea Blue | 4.9 close | ||
| 507 | Emerald Green | 5326 | Evergreen | 4.7 close | ||
| 808 | Deep Green | 5565 | Enchanting Forest | 3.6 close | ||
| 027 | Fresh Green | 0221 | Light Brass | 1.6 very close | ||
| 513 | Lime Green | 5833 | Limabean | 6.2 noticeable | ||
| 515 | Moss Green | 5415 | Irish Green | 7.2 noticeable | ||
| 405 | Blue | 3902 | Colonial Blue | 3.8 close | ||
| 406 | Ultramarine | 3335 | Flag Blue | 1.7 very close | ||
| 017 | Light Blue | 3963 | Hint of Blue | 7.8 noticeable | ||
| 019 | Sky Blue | 3900 | Cerulean | 3.7 close | ||
| 420 | Electric Blue | 3902 | Colonial Blue | 3.3 close | ||
| 415 | Peacock Blue | 3654 | Blue Shadow | 6.1 noticeable | ||
| 007 | Prussian Blue | 3333 | Fire Blue | 1.9 very close | ||
| 070 | Corn Flower | 3410 | Rich Blue | 2.0 very close | ||
| 810 | Light Lilac | 2550 | Soft Pink | 5.3 noticeable | ||
| 612 | Lilac | 2732 | Frosted Orchid | 2.7 close | ||
| 613 | Violet | 2900 | Deep Purple | 4.1 close | ||
| 614 | Purple | 2900 | Deep Purple | 4.5 close | ||
| 804 | Lavender | 3641 | Wedgewood | 5.0 close | ||
| 607 | Wistaria Violet | 3600 | Nordic Blue | 5.0 noticeable | ||
| 704 | Pewter | 0132 | Dark Pewter | 2.2 very close | ||
| 707 | Dark Gray | 3666 | Space | 5.2 noticeable | ||
| 005 | Silver | 0142 | Sterling | 2.8 close | ||
| 817 | Gray | 0111 | Whale | 3.0 close | ||
How this table was made
Both charts are the manufacturers' published colour lists as RGB approximations, the same data Ink/Stitch ships. Each Brother Embroidery colour is converted to CIELAB and compared with every Isacord Polyester colour using CIEDE2000, which weights lightness, chroma and hue the way people see them; the closest wins and its distance is shown. ΔE under 1 is indistinguishable, under 2.3 very close, under 5 close, under 10 noticeable side by side, over 10 a different colour.
Where the charts disagree most
The Brother Embroidery colours with the weakest Isacord Polyester match are Dark Brown 058 (ΔE 11.2), Dark Olive 517 (ΔE 9.4), Light Blue 017 (ΔE 7.8), Leaf Green 509 (ΔE 7.2), Moss Green 515 (ΔE 7.2), Russet Brown 330 (ΔE 6.4). For those, pull the two nearest cones and hold them against the artwork in daylight rather than trusting the number.
Converting a whole design
Drop the stitch file on the thread colour converter to match every block at once and print the result as a colour sheet. Chart values are approximations, not spectrophotometer readings; confirm a customer's brand colour against a physical thread card.