MARD bead color chart and pattern maker

This site's palette covers 291 MARD bead colors. Check the chart against the beads you own, then turn any image into a pattern written in MARD codes.

MARD color codes
291
MARD color codes
bead brands
9
bead brands
cell canvas
300
cell canvas

This page answers one question: which code is the MARD bead in my hand? Each row is one code, with a screen swatch and its hex value. Sorting beads by code beats sorting by color name — the same light blue drifts by several codes across brands, and even across batches.

Only colors that really map to MARD are listed: if MARD has the color, its code appears; if it does not, no code is invented. The table doubles as a list of which colors this site supports for MARD.

MARD color chart

Swatches are screen approximations and differ from real beads; check a physical chart before ordering. Sorted by code.

CodeSwatchHex
A1#FAF4C8
A2#FFFFD5
A3#FEFF8B
A4#FBED56
A5#F4D738
A6#FEAC4C
A7#FE8B4C
A8#FFDA45
A9#FF995B
A10#F77C31
A11#FFDD99
A12#FE9F72
A13#FFC365
A14#FD543D
A15#FFF365
A16#FFFF9F
A17#FFE36E
A18#FEBE7D
A19#FD7C72
A20#FFD568
A21#FFE395
A22#F4F57D
A23#E6C9B7
A24#F7F8A2
A25#FFD67D
A26#FFC830
B1#E6EE31
B2#63F347
B3#9EF780
B4#5DE035
B5#35E352
B6#65E2A6
B7#3DAF80
B8#1C9C4F
B9#27523A
B10#95D3C2
B11#5D722A
B12#166F41
B13#CAEB7B
B14#ADE946
B15#2E5132
B16#C5ED9C
B17#9BB13A
B18#E6EE49
B19#24B88C
B20#C2F0CC
B21#156A6B
B22#0B3C43
B23#303A21
B24#EEFCA5
B25#4E846D
B26#8D7A35
B27#CCE1AF
B28#9EE5B9
B29#C5E254
B30#E2FCB1
B31#B0E792
B32#9CAB5A
C1#E8FFE7
C2#A9F9FC
C3#A0E2FB
C4#41CCFF
C5#01ACEB
C6#50AAF0
C7#3677D2
C8#0F54C0
C9#324BCA
C10#3EBCE2
C11#28DDDE
C12#1C334D
C13#CDE8FF
C14#D5FDFF
C15#22C4C6
C16#1557A8
C17#04D1F6
C18#1D3344
C19#1887A2
C20#176DAF
C21#BEDDFF
C22#67B4BE
C23#C8E2FF
C24#7CC4FF
C25#A9E5E5
C26#3CAED8
C27#D3DFFA
C28#BBCFED
C29#34488E
D1#AEB4F2
D2#858EDD
D3#2F54AF
D4#182A84
D5#B843C5
D6#AC7BDE
D7#8854B3
D8#E2D3FF
D9#D5B9F8
D10#361851
D11#B9BAE1
D12#DE9AD4
D13#B90095
D14#8B279B
D15#2F1F90
D16#E3E1EE
D17#C4D4F6
D18#A45EC7
D19#D8C3D7
D20#9C32B2
D21#9A009B
D22#333A95
D23#EBDAFC
D24#7786E5
D25#494FC7
D26#DFC2F8
E1#FDD3CC
E2#FEC0DF
E3#FFB7E7
E4#E8649E
E5#F551A2
E6#F13D74
E7#C63478
E8#FFDBE9
E9#E970CC
E10#D33793
E11#FCDDD2
E12#F78FC3
E13#B5006D
E14#FFD1BA
E15#F8C7C9
E16#FFF3EB
E17#FFE2EA
E18#FFC7DB
E19#FEBAD5
E20#D8C7D1
E21#BD9DA1
E22#B785A1
E23#937A8D
E24#E1BCE8
F1#FD957B
F2#FC3D46
F3#F74941
F4#FC283C
F5#E7002F
F6#943630
F7#971937
F8#BC0028
F9#E2677A
F10#8A4526
F11#5A2121
F12#FD4E6A
F13#F35744
F14#FFA9AD
F15#D30022
F16#FEC2A6
F17#E69C79
F18#D37C46
F19#C1444A
F20#CD9391
F21#F7B4C6
F22#FDC0D0
F23#F67E66
F24#E698AA
F25#E54B4F
G1#FFE2CE
G2#FFC4AA
G3#F4C3A5
G4#E1B383
G5#EDB045
G6#E99C17
G7#9D5B3E
G8#753832
G9#E6B483
G10#D98C39
G11#E0C593
G12#FFC890
G13#B7714A
G14#8D614C
G15#FCF9E0
G16#F2D9BA
G17#78524B
G18#FFE4CC
G19#E07935
G20#A94023
G21#B88558
H1#FDFBFF
H2#FEFFFF
H3#B6B1BA
H4#89858C
H5#48464E
H6#2F2B2F
H7#000000
H8#E7D6DB
H9#EDEDED
H10#EEE9EA
H11#CECDD5
H12#FFF5ED
H13#F5ECD2
H14#CFD7D3
H15#98A6A8
H16#1D1414
H17#F1EDED
H18#FFFDF0
H19#F6EFE2
H20#949FA3
H21#FFFBE1
H22#CACAD4
H23#9A9D94
M1#BCC6B8
M2#8AA386
M3#697D80
M4#E3D2BC
M5#D0CCAA
M6#B0A782
M7#B4A497
M8#B38281
M9#A58767
M10#C5B2BC
M11#9F7594
M12#644749
M13#D19066
M14#C77362
M15#757D78
P1#FCF7F8
P2#B0A9AC
P3#AFDCAB
P4#FEA49F
P5#EE8C3E
P6#5FD0A7
P7#EB9270
P8#F0D958
P9#D9D9D9
P10#D9C7EA
P11#F3ECC9
P12#E6EEF2
P13#AACBEF
P14#337680
P15#668575
P16#FEBF45
P17#FEA324
P18#FEB89F
P19#FFFEEC
P20#FEBECF
P21#ECBEBF
P22#E4A89F
P23#A56268
Q1#F2A5E8
Q2#E9EC91
Q3#FFFF00
Q4#FFEBFA
Q5#76CEDE
R1#D50D21
R2#F92F83
R3#FD8324
R4#F8EC31
R5#35C75B
R6#238891
R7#19779D
R8#1A60C3
R9#9A56B4
R10#FFDB4C
R11#FFEBFB
R12#D8D5CE
R13#55514C
R14#9FE4DF
R15#77CEE9
R16#3ECFCA
R17#4A867A
R18#7FCD9D
R19#CDE55D
R20#E8C7B4
R21#AD6F3C
R22#6C372F
R23#FEB872
R24#F3C1C0
R25#C9675E
R26#D293BE
R27#EA8CB1
R28#9C87D6
T1#FFFFFF
Y1#FD6FB4
Y2#FEB481
Y3#D7FAA0
Y4#8BDBFA
Y5#E987EA
ZG1#DAABB3
ZG2#D6AA87
ZG3#C1BD8D
ZG4#96869F
ZG5#8490A6
ZG6#94BFE2
ZG7#E2A9D2
ZG8#AB91C0

How the codes read

Codes keep the spelling used on the MARD chart, such as A1 · A2 · A3, with nothing translated or renumbered. Take this table to a shop and match it against the box, or work the other way round and look a color up here by its code.

What happens to colors MARD does not make

The palette here holds 291 colors and MARD covers 291 of them. Choose MARD as the palette in the convert dialog and the conversion only uses those 291 colors; anything the pattern used that MARD lacks is replaced by the closest MARD code. Pick MARD again as the color scheme in the export dialog so the legend prints that brand's codes.

Three steps to a MARD pattern

  1. 1

    Lock the color range

    Tick MARD in the editor's color picker, or select the whole brand in one click; then choose MARD as the palette in the convert dialog. With the range set, the conversion cannot hand you beads you cannot buy.

  2. 2

    Convert the image

    Upload a photo, drawing or pixel art and set the grid for your finished size, one cell per bead. Each cell is matched to the nearest color in range.

  3. 3

    Check colors and export

    Cross-check the bead count per color against the chart above, pick MARD as the color scheme in the export dialog so the legend prints those codes, then export; for printing choose PDF (a Pro feature, free users can print the PNG grid).

Questions

Are these the official MARD codes?

Yes. Codes follow the chart's spelling (for example A1 · A2 · A3) with no translation or renaming; hex values come from the open-source beadcolors project (MIT), averaged from photos of real beads, so they look different on screen — trust the physical beads.

My pattern uses another brand — can I switch it to MARD?

Yes. Set the color range to MARD in the editor and choose MARD as the palette in the convert dialog, then convert again; every color lands on the nearest MARD code. The color count may drop, because MARD has fewer codes than the full palette.

Why does MARD list fewer colors than other brands?

Because this site only lists colors that map to the MARD chart, not the brand's complete chart: MARD covers 291 of the 291 colors in the palette.

Is one cell one bead, and how big is the result?

One cell, one bead. Finished size follows bead diameter: 5 mm midi beads take 5 mm per cell, 2.6 mm mini beads take 2.6 mm per cell, and the pattern itself stays the same.

Can I print this color chart?

Yes — print this page from the browser. If you want the pattern on paper too, export a PDF from the editor (Pro feature): it carries the grid, the code list and the bead count per color.

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