DMC 950 thread Desert Sand Light
DMC stranded cotton 950 is officially called “Desert Sand Light”: a very light beige.
- On-screen colour
#EED3C4- RGB 238, 211, 196
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 86 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Desert Sand” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 950
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 951Tawny LightΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 945TawnyΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 948Peach Very LightΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 353PeachΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 818Baby PinkΔE 5.8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 950 is easily confused with DMC 951, DMC 3774, DMC 945, DMC 225, DMC 948, DMC 967, DMC 353 and DMC 818. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 950?
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.