DMC 612 thread Drab Brown Lt
DMC stranded cotton 612 is officially called “Drab Brown Lt”: a medium beige.
- On-screen colour
#BC9A78- RGB 188, 154, 120
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 66 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Drab Brown” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 612
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 422Hazelnut Brown LtΔE 2.3 · almost identical
- DMC 841Beige Brown LtΔE 2.4 · almost identical
- DMC 3045Yellow Beige DkΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 3828Hazelnut BrownΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3032Mocha Brown MedΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 3064Desert SandΔE 7.1 · close
- DMC 370Mustard MediumΔE 7.6 · close
- DMC 371MustardΔE 7.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 612 is easily confused with DMC 422, DMC 841, DMC 3045, DMC 3828 and DMC 3032. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 612?
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.