DMC 3033 thread Mocha Brown Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3033 is officially called “Mocha Brown Vy Lt”: a very light beige, muted.
- On-screen colour
#E3D8CC- RGB 227, 216, 204
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 87 / 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 3033
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 644Beige Gray MedΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 3047Yellow Beige LtΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 822Beige Gray LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 543Beige Brown Ult Vy LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 453Shell Gray LightΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC ECRUEcruΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 3770Tawny Vy LightΔE 5.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3033 is easily confused with DMC 644, DMC 3047, DMC 822, DMC 543, DMC 3774, DMC 453, DMC ECRU and DMC 3770. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3033?
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.