DMC 543 thread Beige Brown Ult Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 543 is officially called “Beige Brown Ult Vy Lt”: a very light beige.
- On-screen colour
#F2E3CE- RGB 242, 227, 206
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 91 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Beige Brown” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 543
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 739Tan Ult Vy LtΔE 2.6 · very close
- DMC 3047Yellow Beige LtΔE 3 · very close
- DMC ECRUEcruΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 3033Mocha Brown Vy LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 822Beige Gray LightΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 644Beige Gray MedΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 3770Tawny Vy LightΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 5.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 543 is easily confused with DMC 739, DMC 3047, DMC ECRU, DMC 3033, DMC 822, DMC 644, DMC 3770 and DMC 3774. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 543?
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.