DMC 3046 thread Yellow Beige Md
DMC stranded cotton 3046 is officially called “Yellow Beige Md”: a light beige.
- On-screen colour
#D8BC9A- RGB 216, 188, 154
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 78 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Yellow Beige” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3046
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 842Beige Brown Vy LtΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 613Drab Brown V LtΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 3864Mocha Beige LightΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 3782Mocha Brown LtΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 437Tan LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 738Tan Very LightΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 372Mustard LtΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 834Golden Olive Vy LtΔE 7.5 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3046 is easily confused with DMC 842, DMC 613, DMC 3864, DMC 3782, DMC 437 and DMC 738. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3046?
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.