There’s nothing more inspiring than nature. Among many other things, it offers great color schemes and project ideas. Here’s a gorgeous botanical stitch color palette and why not maybe an idea for your next project?
This botanical butterfly would look great stitched using the needle painting technique and matched with the butterflies embroidery project or the butterfly garden one.
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INSPIRATION
Some of the images I share for your inspiration are from the public domain. You can easily adapt them to your needs, and with a bit of imagination, they can be a great start for your next project.
Please note that restrictions might still apply to some of the images. If you intend to use these images in your commercial projects, please follow each image source link and always double-check their copyright restrictions, and ask for the author’s permission if required.
DMC TO ANCHOR FLOSS CONVERSION CHART
DMC and Anchor are the most commonly used brands of stranded cotton. They both have a wide variety of colors and are made of good-quality stranded cotton. The thread is comprised of six strands, which can be easily separated as you might want to stitch with less than 6 strands depending on your project.
You can use both brands together for a project, for example, substitute one shade of DMC floss with ANCHOR floss, but please note that is not possible to provide a perfect color match between brands.
The Botanical Butterfly Color Palette uses the following shades of thread: Blue Very Light, Blue Light, Blue Dark, Navy Blue, Chartreuse, and Green Bright.
Feel free to adapt these color suggestions to suit your projects. If you plan to use these color palettes for needle painting projects, you can include more shades from each color family to create a smoother transition between shades.
DMC STRANDED COTTON
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| DMC 827 | DMC 813 | DMC 825 | DMC 336 | DMC 703 | DMC 700 |
ANCHOR STRANDED COTTON
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| A 160 | A 161 | A 162 | A 150 | A 238 | A 228 |
RGB VALUES
If you plan to use this color palette for digital display works (TV, computer, tablet, or smartphone) use the RGB values from the chart below.
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| #BDDDED | #A1C2D7 | #4781A5 | #253B73 | #7BB547 | #07731B |
For a smoother transition between the green shades below, you could add more thread colors of similar tones, from the same green family: DMC 699 (Green), DMC 700 (Green Bright), DMC 701 (Green Light), DMC 702 (Kelly Green), DMC 703 (Chartreuse). You can read more about how to choose your colors in this needle painting technique article.
SIMILAR STITCH COLOR PALETTES
- Bright Multicolor Stitch Color Palette
- Yellow Butterfly Stitch Color Palette
- European Butterflies Kaleidoscope Color Palette
- Butterflies of China Color Palette
Did you try this color palette? Tag @makenstitch on Instagram and hashtag it #makenstitch so I can see your magic!
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