DMC 05 thread Light Driftwood
DMC stranded cotton 05 is officially called “Light Driftwood”: a light beige, muted.
- On-screen colour
#C5B7AD- RGB 197, 183, 173
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 75 / 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 “Light Driftwood” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 05
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 452Shell Gray MedΔE 2.7 · very close
- DMC 648Beaver Gray LtΔE 2.9 · very close
- DMC 3782Mocha Brown LtΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 647Beaver Gray MedΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 842Beige Brown Vy LtΔE 6 · close
- DMC 3864Mocha Beige LightΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 06Medium DriftwoodΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 453Shell Gray LightΔE 6.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 05 is easily confused with DMC 452, DMC 648, DMC 3782 and DMC 647. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 05?
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.