DMC 951 thread Tawny Light
DMC stranded cotton 951 is officially called “Tawny Light”: a very light beige.
- On-screen colour
#FFE2CF- RGB 255, 226, 207
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 92 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Tawny” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 951
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 948Peach Very LightΔE 2.8 · very close
- DMC 950Desert Sand LightΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 945TawnyΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3770Tawny Vy LightΔE 5 · close
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3856Mahogany Ult Vy LtΔE 5.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 951 is easily confused with DMC 948, DMC 950, DMC 945, DMC 3774, DMC 225, DMC 3770, DMC 967 and DMC 3856. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 951?
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.