Bossa ThreadMatch

The free Pantone-to-Isacord thread converter from Bossa Embroidery. Match any Pantone colour or hex code to the closest Isacord threads we stitch with, or look up an Isacord thread number to see the spool and its closest Pantone references.

From a Pantone chip to a spool of thread.

Isacord is the thread we stitch with, and it comes in a few hundred fixed shades. Your brand colour almost never lands exactly on one of them, so the job is to find the closest shade that still reads right once it is stitched.

A Pantone chip is a printing-ink reference, printed flat on paper. It was never meant to describe thread, so a colour that looks perfect on a brand sheet can read a little differently as a stitched fill, where the light catches the thread. Bossa ThreadMatch bridges the two: give it a Pantone code or a hex value and it ranks the closest Isacord shades we stock, scored with CIEDE2000, the industry colour-difference standard that models how the eye actually sees colour. It also works in reverse: search an Isacord thread number, like 1902, and it shows that spool with the closest Pantone references, so you can see the exact thread we would stitch with.

Treat the top result as a strong starting point. Fabric, lighting, and dye lot all shift a colour, so when the shade has to be exact, send us the artwork and we will match it on the machine and stitch a sample first.

Have a colour to match? Send it over.

Send us your artwork and Pantone references and we'll handle the thread selection, digitizing, and a sample if you need to see it stitched first.