DMC 841 thread Beige Brown Lt
DMC stranded cotton 841 is officially called “Beige Brown Lt”: a medium beige.
- On-screen colour
#B69B7E- RGB 182, 155, 126
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 66 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Beige Brown” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 841
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 612Drab Brown LtΔE 2.4 · almost identical
- DMC 3032Mocha Brown MedΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 422Hazelnut Brown LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3045Yellow Beige DkΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 06Medium DriftwoodΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3828Hazelnut BrownΔE 6.9 · close
- DMC 642Beige Gray DarkΔE 7.4 · close
- DMC 3864Mocha Beige LightΔE 7.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 841 is easily confused with DMC 612, DMC 3032, DMC 422 and DMC 3045. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 841?
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.