Scurrent
S · Hard Midi
The mainstream 5 mm hard-bead line for sprites and regular pegboards.
- Format
- 5 mm · hard
- Catalog
- 225
- Matchable
- 199
- Perler lane
- Perler Regular · 5 mm
Size first · material second · color third
Artkal Series Comparison: S vs C, M, A and R
The five letters describe physical product lines, not five ways to label one rainbow. This comparison keeps color similarity, pegboard size and melt compatibility as separate questions so a close swatch cannot quietly recommend the wrong bead.
Open the size-locked converterStart with the object, not the swatch
Which Artkal series should you buy?
Size determines the pegboard; material changes flexibility and melt behavior. A visually close color cannot repair a wrong physical choice, which is why every Artkal series comparison on this page starts from the object you are building rather than the color you want. Use the two controls to narrow the five-line catalog before comparing codes.
Series map
Current hard lines and historical soft references
Catalog state is the part of an Artkal series comparison that ages fastest, so it is recorded per line rather than assumed. Three lines carry current official-shop identity evidence; two are kept as historical references.
Ccurrent
C · Hard Mini
The core 2.6 mm hard Mini line for dense pixel work.
- Format
- 2.6 mm · hard
- Catalog
- 202
- Matchable
- 174
- Perler lane
- Perler Mini · 2.6 mm
Mcurrent
M · Hard Mini expansion
A second 2.6 mm hard palette that expands the C family with different colors.
- Format
- 2.6 mm · hard
- Catalog
- 221
- Matchable
- 220
- Perler lane
- Perler Mini · 2.6 mm
Ahistorical
A · Soft Mini
A flexible 2.6 mm line kept as a historical and visual color reference.
- Format
- 2.6 mm · soft
- Catalog
- 145
- Matchable
- 145
- Perler lane
- Perler Mini · visual reference
Rhistorical
R · Soft Midi
A flexible 5 mm line retained for visual lookup and older patterns.
- Format
- 5 mm · soft
- Catalog
- 89
- Matchable
- 89
- Perler lane
- Perler Regular · visual reference
S, C and M have current official-shop identity evidence. A and R remain useful for older patterns and screen-color lookup, but their current availability is not confirmed. “Historical” here means evidence is incomplete—not that every bag is discontinued or unavailable from resellers.
What the numbers in the table mean
Catalog size is not the same as matchable size
Two columns in the Artkal series comparison table above look interchangeable and are not. “Color identities” counts every code the line is known to have carried. “Matchable” counts only the codes with a colour value trustworthy enough to feed a nearest-colour calculation. The gap is where catalog-only specials live: glitter, glow, UV-reactive and transparent finishes whose behaviour a single hex value cannot describe. They stay searchable and printable, but the converter declines to rank them rather than inventing a number.
Across the five lines that gap is 55 identities. The three current lines hold 648 identities between them; the two historical lines add 234. Reading an Artkal series comparison without that split is how a shopping list ends up containing a code that no calculation ever actually verified.
The same caution applies to reused pigments. Artkal repeats a colour across lines, so one shade can exist as an S code, a C code and an A code at once — one screen value, three different physical products. Any Artkal series comparison that collapses those into a single row has thrown away the part that decides whether the bead fits your board.
Complete decision table
Compare every Artkal beads series
| Series | Size | Material | Catalog evidence | Color identities | Matchable | Recommended use | Perler lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 5 mm | hard | current | 225 | 199 | The mainstream 5 mm hard-bead line for sprites and regular pegboards. | Perler Regular · 5 mm |
| C | 2.6 mm | hard | current | 202 | 174 | The core 2.6 mm hard Mini line for dense pixel work. | Perler Mini · 2.6 mm |
| M | 2.6 mm | hard | current | 221 | 220 | A second 2.6 mm hard palette that expands the C family with different colors. | Perler Mini · 2.6 mm |
| A | 2.6 mm | soft | historical | 145 | 145 | A flexible 2.6 mm line kept as a historical and visual color reference. | Perler Mini · visual reference |
| R | 5 mm | soft | historical | 89 | 89 | A flexible 5 mm line retained for visual lookup and older patterns. | Perler Regular · visual reference |
Color close ≠ same pegboard ≠ same melt
ΔE00 describes a color-data distance. It cannot certify diameter, material flexibility, iron temperature, batch behavior or a manufacturer's cross-brand equivalence.
Four high-risk comparisons
Where Artkal series confusion causes the wrong purchase
S vs C
Different size, same hard-family idea
S is 5 mm Midi for regular boards.
C is 2.6 mm Mini for fine-detail boards.
Decision: Choose by pattern scale before comparing color.
C vs M
Same size and material, different palettes
C is the core 2.6 mm hard palette.
M is a separate 2.6 mm hard expansion palette.
Decision: Own both or search a combined C+M candidate pool.
S vs R
Same nominal size, different material
S is the current 5 mm hard line.
R is a soft, flexible historical reference.
Decision: A close color does not make their melt behavior equivalent.
C vs A
Same nominal size, different material
C is the current 2.6 mm hard line.
A is a soft, flexible historical reference.
Decision: Use A-to-Perler output as visual reference only.
Hard family
S for Midi; C and M for Mini
S is the most direct Artkal lane for Perler Regular patterns. C and M form the useful 2.6 mm hard Mini family: C supplies the core palette while M adds a separate set of colors. The converter can search C and M together on the reverse Perler Mini route without pretending their codes are interchangeable.
Soft family boundary
A and R are visual references
A is soft Mini and R is soft Midi. Their historical color rows can help identify an old pattern or suggest a screen-color candidate, but a low ΔE does not prove that a hard Perler bead will fuse or flex the same way. Current official availability is also not confirmed.
Safe workflow
How to use this Artkal series comparison
- Read the pattern's intended bead size. Use 5 mm for Midi/regular work or 2.6 mm for Mini detail; never infer size from a color code alone.
- Choose hard or soft material based on the desired finished object. Hard lines are not promised to share the same iron timing across brands; soft lines require an even stronger separation.
- Open the chosen series page, verify its catalog state and search the exact code. Missing RGB does not mean the identity is fake—it means the converter must decline to calculate.
- Use the converter only inside the correct size lane. Review all three candidates, the measurement basis and the physical-use label.
- Fuse a small sample with the actual batches before replacing a large material list or mixing brands in one project.