DMC 924 thread Gray Green Vy Dark
DMC stranded cotton 924 is officially called “Gray Green Vy Dark”: a dark teal, muted.
- On-screen colour
#566A6A- RGB 86, 106, 106
- Family
- Teals and turquoises
- Lightness
- 43 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Gray Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 924
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3808Turquoise Ult Vy DkΔE 7.6 · close
- DMC 3768Gray Green DarkΔE 8 · close
- DMC 317Pewter GrayΔE 9.4 · close
- DMC 535Ash Gray Vy LtΔE 9.6 · close
- DMC 3809Turquoise Vy DarkΔE 10.3 · fairly close
- DMC 3842Wedgewood Vry DkΔE 10.5 · fairly close
- DMC 413Pewter Gray DarkΔE 10.8 · fairly close
- DMC 991Aquamarine DkΔE 11.4 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 924, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 924?
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.