DMC 3782 thread Mocha Brown Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3782 is officially called “Mocha Brown Lt”: a light beige.
- On-screen colour
#D2BCA6- RGB 210, 188, 166
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 78 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Mocha Brown” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3782
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 842Beige Brown Vy LtΔE 1.2 · almost identical
- DMC 613Drab Brown V LtΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 3864Mocha Beige LightΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 3046Yellow Beige MdΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 05Light DriftwoodΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3047Yellow Beige LtΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 648Beaver Gray LtΔE 7.3 · close
- DMC 950Desert Sand LightΔE 7.4 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3782 is easily confused with DMC 842, DMC 613, DMC 3864, DMC 3046 and DMC 05. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3782?
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.