DMC 606 thread Orange-Red Bright
DMC stranded cotton 606 is officially called “Orange-Red Bright”: a medium red, vivid.
- On-screen colour
#FA3203- RGB 250, 50, 3
- Family
- Reds
- Lightness
- 55 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 606
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 608Burnt Orange BrightΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 720Orange Spice DarkΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 946Burnt Orange MedΔE 10 · fairly close
- DMC 900Burnt Orange DarkΔE 10.1 · fairly close
- DMC 350Coral MediumΔE 11.6 · fairly close
- DMC 721Orange Spice MedΔE 11.8 · fairly close
- DMC 947Burnt OrangeΔE 12.4 · fairly close
- DMC 921CopperΔE 13.3 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 606, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 606?
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.