DMC 3865 thread Winter White
DMC stranded cotton 3865 is officially called “Winter White”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#F9F7F1- RGB 249, 247, 241
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 97 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 3865
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 1 · almost identical
- DMC WHITEWhiteΔE 1.6 · almost identical
- DMC 712CreamΔE 2.7 · very close
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC B5200Snow WhiteΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 762Pearl Gray Vy LtΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 746Off WhiteΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 4.5 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3865 is easily confused with DMC 3866, DMC WHITE, DMC 712, DMC 3024, DMC B5200, DMC 762, DMC 746 and DMC 3072. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3865?
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.