DMC 3826 thread Golden Brown
DMC stranded cotton 3826 is officially called “Golden Brown”: a medium brown.
- On-screen colour
#AD7239- RGB 173, 114, 57
- Family
- Browns
- Lightness
- 53 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Golden Brown” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3826
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 420Hazelnut Brown DkΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 435Brown Very LightΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 167Yellow Beige V DkΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 781Topaz Very DarkΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 976Golden Brown MedΔE 6 · close
- DMC 782Topaz DarkΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 3773Desert Sand DarkΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 3776Mahogany LightΔE 7.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3826 is easily confused with DMC 420, DMC 435, DMC 167 and DMC 781. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3826?
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.