DMC 415 thread Pearl Gray
DMC stranded cotton 415 is officially called “Pearl Gray”: a light grey.
- On-screen colour
#D3D3D6- RGB 211, 211, 214
- Family
- Greys
- Lightness
- 85 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Pearl Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 415
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 168Pewter Very LightΔE 1.7 · almost identical
- DMC 01White TinΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 453Shell Gray LightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 5 · close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 159Blue Gray LightΔE 5.1 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 415 is easily confused with DMC 168, DMC 01, DMC 3753, DMC 453, DMC 3752, DMC 928, DMC 3072 and DMC 159. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 415?
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.