266

Beside the three Cosmo threads closest to it, so the only thing changing is the colour.

Cosmo 266

Cosmo 266 is #553273, RGB 85 50 115. The three beside it are the closest of the 500 Cosmo threads, measured the way the editor measures a colour match.

The same colour in DMC, Anchor and Madeira

Range	Code	Colour	How close	Distance
DMC	333	Violet Blue	close	5.0
Anchor	119	Blue Violet DK	hard to tell apart	2.2
Madeira	2709	Antique Lavender LT	close	4.4

Each one is the nearest thread that range has, picked by measurement rather than read off a maker's conversion chart. The number is how far apart the two colours are on the scale the editor uses to match a thread to a picture; under 1 and nobody could tell them apart.

Use Cosmo 266 in a pattern

The colour on this page is our screen value for the thread, not the maker's. No thread maker publishes one, so every chart on the web is somebody's estimate, this one included. Use it to compare shades against each other, and buy from a real shade card.