DMC 613 thread Drab Brown V Lt
DMC stranded cotton 613 is officially called “Drab Brown V Lt”: a light beige.
- On-screen colour
#DCC4AA- RGB 220, 196, 170
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 81 / 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 613
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3782Mocha Brown LtΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 842Beige Brown Vy LtΔE 2.6 · very close
- DMC 3046Yellow Beige MdΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 3864Mocha Beige LightΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 3047Yellow Beige LtΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 738Tan Very LightΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 437Tan LightΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 950Desert Sand LightΔE 6.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 613 is easily confused with DMC 3782, DMC 842, DMC 3046, DMC 3864 and DMC 3047. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 613?
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.