DMC 3072 thread Beaver Gray Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3072 is officially called “Beaver Gray Vy Lt”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#E6E8E8- RGB 230, 232, 232
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 92 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Beaver Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3072
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 762Pearl Gray Vy LtΔE 1.4 · almost identical
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 2 · almost identical
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 2.3 · almost identical
- DMC 01White TinΔE 2.3 · almost identical
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC WHITEWhiteΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3865Winter WhiteΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 4.8 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3072 is easily confused with DMC 762, DMC 3024, DMC 928, DMC 01, DMC 3753, DMC WHITE, DMC 3865 and DMC 3866. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3072?
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.