DMC 842 thread Beige Brown Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 842 is officially called “Beige Brown Vy Lt”: a light beige.
- On-screen colour
#D1BAA1- RGB 209, 186, 161
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 77 / 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 842
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3782Mocha Brown LtΔE 1.2 · almost identical
- DMC 3864Mocha Beige LightΔE 1.6 · almost identical
- DMC 613Drab Brown V LtΔE 2.6 · very close
- DMC 3046Yellow Beige MdΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 05Light DriftwoodΔE 6 · close
- DMC 437Tan LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3047Yellow Beige LtΔE 7.1 · close
- DMC 738Tan Very LightΔE 7.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 842 is easily confused with DMC 3782, DMC 3864, DMC 613 and DMC 3046. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 842?
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.