DMC 3371 thread Black Brown
DMC stranded cotton 3371 is officially called “Black Brown”: a very dark brown, muted.
- On-screen colour
#1E1108- RGB 30, 17, 8
- Family
- Browns
- Lightness
- 6 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 3371
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 938Coffee Brown Ult DkΔE 8.5 · close
- DMC 310BlackΔE 8.7 · close
- DMC 898Coffee Brown Vy DkΔE 13.5 · fairly close
- DMC 3031Mocha Brown Vy DkΔE 14.7 · fairly close
- DMC 3799Pewter Gray Vy DkΔE 16.6 · fairly close
- DMC 08Dark DriftwoodΔE 17 · fairly close
- DMC 844Beaver Gray Ult DkΔE 18.3 · fairly close
- DMC 309Rose DarkΔE 18.5 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 3371, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 3371?
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.