I buy mostly neutral thread colors: white, black, egg white, cream, taupe and grays, all in the 3,281 cones. I find these work for almost all my quilts as I sew with neutrals or brights with while or black backgrounds. If I have a specific color need I will buy a smaller spool locally where I can see/match it. It would be nice if there was some sort of color chart like for Kona and Moda Bella solid fabrics, but have never seen one.