DMC 3032 thread Mocha Brown Med
DMC stranded cotton 3032 is officially called “Mocha Brown Med”: a medium beige.
- On-screen colour
#B39F8B- RGB 179, 159, 139
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 67 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Mocha Brown” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3032
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 06Medium DriftwoodΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 841Beige Brown LtΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 647Beaver Gray MedΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 612Drab Brown LtΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 3023Brown Gray LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3864Mocha Beige LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 422Hazelnut Brown LtΔE 7 · close
- DMC 642Beige Gray DarkΔE 7.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3032 is easily confused with DMC 06, DMC 841, DMC 647 and DMC 612. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3032?
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.