DMC 02 thread Tin
DMC stranded cotton 02 is officially called “Tin”: a light grey.
- On-screen colour
#B2B2B2- RGB 178, 178, 178
- Family
- Greys
- Lightness
- 73 / 100
Approximate colour (estimate: this newer thread is missing from public tables): no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Tin” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 02
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 02 is easily confused with DMC 318 and DMC 648. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 02?
A skein of DMC stranded cotton is 8 m long and splits into 6 strands. Stitched with 2 strands on 14-count Aida, it covers about 1,800 cross stitches. For your own chart, the cross-stitch calculator gives the number of skeins and the finished size.