DMC 746 thread Off White
DMC stranded cotton 746 is officially called “Off White”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#FCFCEE- RGB 252, 252, 238
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 99 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 746
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 712CreamΔE 2.3 · almost identical
- DMC 3865Winter WhiteΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 3823Yellow Ultra PaleΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC ECRUEcruΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC WHITEWhiteΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 822Beige Gray LightΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 6.2 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 746 is easily confused with DMC 712, DMC 3865, DMC 3823, DMC ECRU, DMC 3866, DMC WHITE and DMC 822. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 746?
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.