DMC 3799 thread Pewter Gray Vy Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3799 is officially called “Pewter Gray Vy Dk”: a very dark grey.
- On-screen colour
#424242- RGB 66, 66, 66
- Family
- Greys
- Lightness
- 28 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Pewter Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3799
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 844Beaver Gray Ult DkΔE 2 · almost identical
- DMC 3021Brown Gray Vy DkΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 413Pewter Gray DarkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 309Rose DarkΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 10.7 · fairly close
- DMC 3031Mocha Brown Vy DkΔE 11.1 · fairly close
- DMC 08Dark DriftwoodΔE 11.3 · fairly close
- DMC 838Beige Brown Vy DkΔE 11.4 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3799 is easily confused with DMC 844. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3799?
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.