DMC 436 thread Tan
DMC stranded cotton 436 is officially called “Tan”: a medium orange.
- On-screen colour
#CB9051- RGB 203, 144, 81
- Family
- Oranges and coppers
- Lightness
- 64 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Tan” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 436
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 977Golden Brown LightΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 976Golden Brown MedΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 3828Hazelnut BrownΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3045Yellow Beige DkΔE 6 · close
- DMC 783Topaz MediumΔE 7.3 · close
- DMC 422Hazelnut Brown LtΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 3853Autumn Gold DkΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 3776Mahogany LightΔE 8.2 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 436 is easily confused with DMC 977, DMC 976 and DMC 3828. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 436?
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.