DMC 642 thread Beige Gray Dark
DMC stranded cotton 642 is officially called “Beige Gray Dark”: a medium beige.
- On-screen colour
#A49878- RGB 164, 152, 120
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 63 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Beige Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 642
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 642, 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 642?
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.