DMC 947 thread Burnt Orange
DMC stranded cotton 947 is officially called “Burnt Orange”: a medium orange, vivid.
- On-screen colour
#FF7B4D- RGB 255, 123, 77
- Family
- Oranges and coppers
- Lightness
- 67 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Burnt Orange” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 947
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 721Orange Spice MedΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 608Burnt Orange BrightΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 722Orange Spice LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3340Apricot MedΔE 7.3 · close
- DMC 720Orange Spice DarkΔE 9.2 · close
- DMC 946Burnt Orange MedΔE 9.6 · close
- DMC 922Copper LightΔE 9.8 · close
- DMC 3778Terra Cotta LightΔE 10.5 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 947 is easily confused with DMC 721. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 947?
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.