In Diamond Painting color numbers are always the same if it is DMC numbers. How do you know if it is a DMC number? A DMC number has three or four digits. So if you have a Diamond Painting with the number 4 then it is not a DMC number. The fact that the paintings have the same color number makes it easier if, for example, you are missing drills for a project. You can then use drills from other paintings to complement. Want to know more about DMC numbers you can read this: DMC numbers – what is that?.
Symbol chart
The symbol chart often contains a column with DMC numbers. Sometimes it says DMC in the column heading on the symbol chart, but I have had those where it says both BMC and DMS. Some even said “no” for the column with DMC. So it is not always clear which column is the DMC number. You can read about how to interpret the symbol chart here: Symbol chart – what is that?.
Bags
Some also write DMC numbers on the bag with drills. The bags look a little different and sometimes it can be a bit tricky to figure out which number is the DMC number. Those times it is usually easier to look at the symbol and then on the symbol chart to find out what the DMC number is.
Shade differences
What one has to keep in mind is that even though the DMC numbers are always the same, there may be differences in the shade. If you order paintings from different sellers, you are likely to encounter different shades of the same color. So if you have, for example, 444 from two different paintings, one color may be lighter or darker than the other. You can mix these as long as you do not have large areas of the same color. Because then if you maybe put half with a shade and then put the other with another, you can see an edge where the color is changed.
Can leisure art diamond drills be converted to the dmc colors?
If they don’t use the DMC number, then no you don’t have any way to translate their own color code to DMC.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting
Their is a chart online its a diamond dots conversions chart to help sort things out if that don’t work u can download gemsflow app to help with color chart or u can also buy said chart at any craft store too
My new project just came with the numbers 1 through 9 and the letters but no DMC numbers for the dotz is this common I wanted to use some of my old dotz already opened they look the same can I do this is it common for painting to come with DMC or anything of it reflects the dot color….
Yes, some sellers don’t use the DMC numbers. You can always use a DMC color chart to try and find out what DMC number it is. I usually use the new drills that comes with the painting when starting a new project, and if I am missing some I use the ones I got left over from other paintings. However if the drills are the same color then you can use them no problem.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting
I have been asking this question all over the net, and no one has been able to answer me…. I loved the old Diamond Paintings with the REAL rhinestone drills, and I want to know if the DMC color chart and the real rhinestones can be used in place of today’s resin drills?
Thank you
Lisa
I am not quite sure what you are referring to. But if the drills have DMC numbers you should be able to use rhinestone drills instead of the resin ones. Since they should have the same color if they are the same DMC number.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting
Rhinestones &/or crystal drills have different # codes vs the resin drills, so NO, they cannot ne used instead of one another.
I guess it depends where you buy them. For example dp with sparklers (https://dpwithsparklers.com/) have DMC numbered rhinestones.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting
Where can I get extra diamond dots?
As far as I know you can get Diamond Dotz from https://eu.diamonddotz.com/diamond-dotz-freestyle, since they are using their own numbering for drills. If you mean the regular DMC numbered one you can for find sellers on AliExpress, and for example Smiths Bead (smithsbeads.co.uk) have them.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting
I received a diamond painting kit that is missing one of the key colors. I need to find someone who can supply me with #3023 so I can finish this picture. It is a. Christmas gift so time time is of the essence. This color is a shade of blue gray, I believe.
Any help will be appreciated .
Thank you, Connie
I received a diamond painting of the midnight elephant with no color chart included. The painting is all alphabet and the drills in the packets are numbered from 1 onwards, does any one have this colour chart that could be photographed and send to my email. I have tried looking up the color code charts but none of them refer to the alphabet on the paintings< I went back to the store where it was bought and they do not have anymore of the elephant in stock
i have a dimond painting i lost the paper that goes with it and was wondering if theres a way to find a copy of it
You probably need to contact the company where you bought it from and ask them for a copy, or you could ask on Facebook in Diamond Painting groups if someone happens to have it and they can make a copy for you. if you go with the Facebook option keep in mind that you need to find some one that have the same amount of different colors as well as the same size. Preferably you want to find some one that has bought it from the same company as you.
/Josefine, All about Diamond Painting