The cross stitch colour charts

Simulated view

Switches how colors are displayed in the on-screen chart. Each state changes how the same palette is represented so you can choose the active color more comfortably.

• Mixed view: Shows each color with its background and stitch symbol, combining visual reading with pattern reading.
• Stitch view: Shows the color applied to the stitches, useful for checking how it is distributed in the design.
• Solid color view: Shows the color as a clean, direct swatch, handy when you want to compare tones at a glance.

Remove colour

Removes the selected color from the palette. Think twice if that color has stitched points: the counter at the top tells you whether it is in use.

Palette / charts mode

Switches between the three color selection views: the work palette and the manufacturer charts. Each tap changes the source used to choose the active color.

• Work palette view: Shows the colors that already belong to the current design.
• Finca chart: Opens the Finca color chart so you can choose and add references from that brand.
• DMC chart: Opens the DMC color chart so you can select colors by their official reference.
• Find a color (the + mark): the Finca and DMC buttons have a red + in the corner: they have a second function. Press and hold the button and type the reference you are looking for, for example 310. Puntotek scrolls the chart to that color and leaves it selected, ready for Add color. It does not matter how you type it: 310, dmc 310 or blanc; and if you type the beginning (31), it goes to the first one that starts that way. If it is not in the chart, it tells you.

Merge colours

Converts all stitches from one color into another: select the color to merge, tap this button and choose the target color. Perfect for simplifying palettes with nearly identical tones (for example, after importing an image).

• Merge selected color: Starts merging the active color so its stitches become another color in the palette.
• Choose target color: Selects the color that will receive those stitches. When confirmed, the design is simplified with fewer repeated tones.

Sort the palette

Changes the palette sorting rule so colors are easier to read while you work: by entry order, brightness, closeness to the active color or number of stitches used.

• Default order: Shows the colors in the order they were added to the palette. Useful for keeping the original organization of the work.
• Brightness order: Sorts from highest to lowest brightness: light tones first, dark tones last.
• Color similarity order: Uses the active color as a reference and places the most similar tones first. Useful for comparing close ranges and choosing variants.
• Stitch count order: Sorts by use inside the design: colors with more stitches first, residual or unused colors last.

Add colour

Opens the thread charts by brand so you can add a new color to the palette with its official manufacturer reference.

False colour

Activates a checking view that visually replaces the selected color with a high-contrast color. It does not change the design or the palette: it only helps you locate scattered stitches, check whether remains of a color are still present and decide whether to merge them with a nearby tone. It is especially useful when optimizing images imported from photographs.

• No false color: Shows the real color, with no extra highlight. This is the normal working state.
• False color – BLUE: The selected color is shown in bright blue. A good option when the design does not contain many blues.
• False color – RED: The selected color is shown in bright red. Good for locating stitches in cool, green or bluish areas.
• False color – YELLOW: The selected color is shown in bright yellow. It helps distinguish it over dark backgrounds or muted colors.

Choose the active colour

There are two ways, and both do the same thing to pick the thread you stitch your cross stitch with: tap any color in the palette, or use the Picker button (the W key) and tap an already stitched point on the canvas. Its color becomes the drawing color, and everything you paint from then on uses that thread. The picker is ideal for retouching with a color that is already stitched.

Close / Help

Two simple buttons for leaving the chart or opening this help page when you need to remember a function.

• Close the chart: Returns to the canvas and keeps the selected color. It also closes with the Esc (Escape) key, without touching the button.
• Open help: Opens the explanation for the current screen.