DMC 221 thread Shell Pink Vy Dk
DMC stranded cotton 221 is officially called “Shell Pink Vy Dk”: a dark brown.
- On-screen colour
#883E43- RGB 136, 62, 67
- Family
- Browns
- Lightness
- 36 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Shell Pink” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 221
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 777Raspberry Very DarkΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 315Antique Mauve Md DkΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 902Garnet Very DarkΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3721Shell Pink DarkΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 3802Antique Mauve Vy DkΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 3858Rosewood MedΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 3685Mauve Very DarkΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 355Terra Cotta DarkΔE 8.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 221 is easily confused with DMC 777, DMC 315 and DMC 902. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 221?
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.