Tibetan Buddhist 5 Color Braided Cord is made with these five colors: yellow, green, red, black, and white. Blue is often substituted for black and gold thread are sometimes added. These colors represent the five elements and the five pure lights. Black or blue symbolizes the sky and space; white, air and wind; red, fire; green, water, and yellow symbolizes earth. According to traditional Tibetan medicine, health and harmony are produced through the balance of these five elements.
8 Sizes | Bobbins or Spools
Quantities limited to stock on hand
Tibetan Buddhist 5 Color Round Braided Cord with Center Core
$2.75 to $3.75 - 5 yd/4.5 m Bobbins or 10 yd/9 m Bobbins | Spools $14.00 to 18.00 Diameter, dye lot may vary. Greens and blues vary in color depth. Spools may have occasionally splices and braiding errors. Polyester with matte finish.
Diameters suitable for jewelry projects.
Spools yardage may vary. Imported from China.
Bobbins wound in the USA.
Compares to Micro Size G & F
Compares to Fine & New Fine
Compares to Medium
0.5mm with Black
0.8mm with Black
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
120 m/135 yd Spool
128 m/140 yd Spool
0.8mm with Blue
1.2mm with (Dark) Blue
1 yd/0.9 m
2 bobbins w/5 yd, 1 bobbin w/4 yd
1 bobbin w/3 yd
0.5mm Gold Metallic + Black
0.8mm Gold Metallic + Black
1 yd/0.9 m
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
120 m/135 yd Spool
0.8mm Gold Metallic + Blue
1 yd/0.9 m
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
Compares to HDQ
Compares to 2mm
1.5mm with Black
2mm with Black
2.5mm with Black
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
91 m/100 yd Spool
48 m/53 yd Spool
1.5mm with Blue
2mm with Blue
2.5mm with Blue
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
2mm Gold Metallic + Black
2.5mm Gold Metallic + Black
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
2mm Gold Metallic + Blue
2.5mm Gold Metallic + Blue
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
Tibetan Buddhist 5 Color Nylon Braided Cord with No Core
Braided with 8 brilliant all nylon filament colors and no center core.
0.8mm with Blue/No Core
1.1mm with Blue
2.2mm with Black
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
1 yd/0.9 m
Flattens to a 1.1 mm wide and 0.8 mm thick rectangular profile
Flattens to a 2mm wide and 0.9mm thick rectangular profile
Flattens to a 2mm wide and 0.9mm thick rectangular profile
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
10 yd/9 m Bobbin
5 yd/4.5 m Bobbin
Tibetan Buddhist 5 Color Red Edge Braided Cord
Braided with 8 nylon cords: 4 red cords, and 1 black or blue, white, green and yellow cords. The red cords create an edge on each side of the round braid. The other four colors show up in as a diagonal candy cane pattern in between the red side vertical stripes. Has more sheen than the other Tibetan Buddhist cords.
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