DMC 168 thread Pewter Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 168 is officially called “Pewter Very Light”: a light grey.
- On-screen colour
#D1D1D1- RGB 209, 209, 209
- Family
- Greys
- Lightness
- 84 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Pewter” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 168
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 415Pearl GrayΔE 1.7 · almost identical
- DMC 453Shell Gray LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 01White TinΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 5.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 168 is easily confused with DMC 415, DMC 453, DMC 01, DMC 928, DMC 3072, DMC 3753, DMC 3752 and DMC 3024. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 168?
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.