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Discontinued DMC colors?

Went out last night and significantly added to my floss stash… As I’ve been going through the colors, I’ve noticed some that have one color listed and another color in parentheses… I want to go through my inventory and make sure I know these aliases (to prevent much heartache when looking for a color).

I bought a color card a week or two ago, and found I had colors in my inventory that weren’t on a color card. Putting them into DMC’s site comes up with “no color exists”.

So far (new color = old color):

3813 = 504

732 = 731

782 = 781

3760 = 806

740 = 971

407 = 3773

3326 = 776

Does anyone know how they get their numbering scheme and why discontinue one number for another?

EDIT:

I looked at my color card again and the differences are noted. I updated the list above with everything noted on the card for those without this info!

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DMC Floss Colors

DMC FLOSS COLORS LIST – Part 1

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DMC Color Picker

There are hundreds of DMC colors, and it’s always tough to find the exact color you need. This tool helps you find the closest match.

The Pic2Point patterns contain the DMC value for each color of floss used in the project. To get a list of similar colors, type the DMC value or color name into the text box, and a list of matching colors will appear as you type. Click on the “Show similar colors” link and a table will appear with the ten closest matches.

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– Cathy