Embroidery thread - all the colours of the rainbow and more

My friend, Tas, is getting a new sewing/embroidery machine for Christmas.  I told her that I'd make a list of my threads for her.  I thought if I was doing that for her, I might as well share with everyone.




When I first bought my embroidery module, I was overwhelmed with the choice of thread colours.  I think it can be hard to figure out what you will use if you haven't already been doing it.  My friend, Lis, suggested for each colour to have a light, dark and medium.  I used this principle plus a few other ideas when originally selecting my colours.  Some other things to think about about are if you are embroidering people, you need skin tones and hair colours.  If you are doing animals (deer and hedgies!), you need browns.  This would be why I seem to have a large number of browns, and we all know by now that I am not a big brown girl.

The threads listed below are Isacord.  I decided to buy Isacord because I know it's considered a good thread, and I had a good source from where to buy them. The descriptions are mine, and are not the actual thread colour name. 

Colour number	my description	Most used
0015	white	*
0020	black	*
0108	silvery grey
0124	light grey
0132	medium grey – pewter	*
0142	light grey
0600	yellow	*
0640	Flax – good for blonde hair	*
0651	light tan
0660	vanilla	*
0700	golden yellow	*
1123	light brown
1134	medium reddish brown	*
1154	medium brown
1220	light orange
1300	orange	*
1342	brown
1346	medium/dark brown
1355	medium brown
1362	light peach
1366	dark brown
1800	red	*
1902	red
2101	Red – blue red
2155	light pink	*
2171	pale pink
2220	bright pink
2300	dark pink	*
2363	light pink
2508	fuschia pink	*
2532	medium pink	*
2620	medium pink
2640	lilac/orchid
2900	dark purple
2910	medium purple	*
3130	light purple
3554	navy
3611	royal blue
3830	light blue
3900	medium blue
4103	Turquoise – deep
4220	Turquoise – medium	*
4240	light turquoise	*
4531	deep turquoise
4703	gray
5411	green
5415	dark green
5610	light green	*
5613	medium bright green
5912	lime green	*
5934	olive green