DMC 3774 thread Desert Sand Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3774 is officially called “Desert Sand Vy Lt”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#F3E1D7- RGB 243, 225, 215
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 91 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Desert Sand” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3774
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 948Peach Very LightΔE 2.4 · almost identical
- DMC 3770Tawny Vy LightΔE 2.8 · very close
- DMC 3033Mocha Brown Vy LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 950Desert Sand LightΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 819Baby Pink LightΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 951Tawny LightΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 5.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3774 is easily confused with DMC 948, DMC 3770, DMC 3033, DMC 950, DMC 819, DMC 951, DMC 225 and DMC 967. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3774?
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.