. #12 perle cottons...These threads are to die for..  These colors are even better in person of coarse...more depth, that you cannot get with a web photo...They are photographed below: Set 1- Brick, Old Rose, Distant Mauve and Withered Mulberry.  Set 3- Dusty Blue, Spruce Green, Olive Green and Juniper.  Set 2-Black, Brown Black, Faded Rust and Antique Gold..