DMC 3770 thread Tawny Vy Light
DMC stranded cotton 3770 is officially called “Tawny Vy Light”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#FFEEE3- RGB 255, 238, 227
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 95 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Tawny” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3770
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 948Peach Very LightΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 2.8 · very close
- DMC 819Baby Pink LightΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 951Tawny LightΔE 5 · close
- DMC 543Beige Brown Ult Vy LtΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 3033Mocha Brown Vy LtΔE 5.9 · close
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 6.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3770 is easily confused with DMC 948, DMC 3774, DMC 819, DMC 951, DMC 543, DMC 3866 and DMC 3033. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3770?
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.