Which colors can I use in my embroidery design?

To ensure accurate embroidery results, Printify uses a fixed embroidery thread color palette. Using only these colors helps your design meet embroidery limitations and ensures the product mockup closely matches the finished item.

Below, you’ll find the available embroidery thread colors and their corresponding color codes.

Available embroidery thread colors

Printify offers 15 embroidery thread colors for embroidery products.

How are embroidery thread colors selected?

The way embroidery thread colors are applied depends on whether you’re using an uploaded design or text embroidery.

Uploaded embroidery designs

When you upload an embroidery design file, thread colors are assigned automatically.

Printify maps the colors in your design to the closest available embroidery thread colors from the palette. This ensures the design is compatible with embroidery production and stays within technical limitations.

If the uploaded design includes colors outside the embroidery palette or more than six colors, they’ll be adjusted automatically.

Text embroidery

For text embroidery, thread colors are selected manually in the Product Creator.

To choose a thread color for text embroidery:

1. Open an embroidery product in the Product Creator.
2. Add text to the design.
3. Select the text on the canvas.
4. Click the Text color (A) icon in the top toolbar.
5. Select one of the available embroidery thread colors.

Color accuracy

Embroidery uses physical thread rather than ink. Because of this, slight differences between your original design, the product mockup, and the finished product may occur.