DMC 844 thread Beaver Gray Ult Dk
DMC stranded cotton 844 is officially called “Beaver Gray Ult Dk”: a dark grey.
- On-screen colour
#484848- RGB 72, 72, 72
- Family
- Greys
- Lightness
- 31 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Beaver Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 844
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3799Pewter Gray Vy DkΔE 2 · almost identical
- DMC 413Pewter Gray DarkΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 3021Brown Gray Vy DkΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 309Rose DarkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3787Brown Gray DarkΔE 10.2 · fairly close
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 10.4 · fairly close
- DMC 838Beige Brown Vy DkΔE 11 · fairly close
- DMC 08Dark DriftwoodΔE 11.1 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 844 is easily confused with DMC 3799, DMC 413 and DMC 3021. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 844?
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.