DMC 644 thread Beige Gray Med
DMC stranded cotton 644 is officially called “Beige Gray Med”: a very light beige, muted.
- On-screen colour
#DDD8CB- RGB 221, 216, 203
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 86 / 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 644
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 822Beige Gray LightΔE 2.4 · almost identical
- DMC 3033Mocha Brown Vy LtΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC ECRUEcruΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 3047Yellow Beige LtΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 543Beige Brown Ult Vy LtΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 6 · close
- DMC 453Shell Gray LightΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 168Pewter Very LightΔE 6.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 644 is easily confused with DMC 822, DMC 3033, DMC ECRU, DMC 3047 and DMC 543. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 644?
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.