DMC 762 thread Pearl Gray Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 762 is officially called “Pearl Gray Vy Lt”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#ECECEC- RGB 236, 236, 236
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 93 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Pearl Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 762
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 1.4 · almost identical
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 1.6 · almost identical
- DMC 01White TinΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC WHITEWhiteΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 3865Winter WhiteΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC B5200Snow WhiteΔE 3.9 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 762 is easily confused with DMC 3072, DMC 3024, DMC 01, DMC WHITE, DMC 928, DMC 3865, DMC 3866 and DMC B5200. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 762?
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.