DMC 453 thread Shell Gray Light
DMC stranded cotton 453 is officially called “Shell Gray Light”: a light grey.
- On-screen colour
#D7CECB- RGB 215, 206, 203
- Family
- Greys
- Lightness
- 83 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Shell Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 453
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 168Pewter Very LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 415Pearl GrayΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 3033Mocha Brown Vy LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 3743Antique Violet Vy LtΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 644Beige Gray MedΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 01White TinΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 05Light DriftwoodΔE 6.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 453 is easily confused with DMC 168, DMC 415, DMC 3033 and DMC 3743. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 453?
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.