DMC 927 thread Gray Green Light
DMC stranded cotton 927 is officially called “Gray Green Light”: a light grey.
- On-screen colour
#BDCBCB- RGB 189, 203, 203
- Family
- Greys
- Lightness
- 81 / 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 927
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 168Pewter Very LightΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 6.9 · close
- DMC 415Pearl GrayΔE 7.4 · close
- DMC 775Baby Blue Very LightΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 827Blue Very LightΔE 8.4 · close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 927, 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 927?
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.