DMC 973 thread Canary Bright
DMC stranded cotton 973 is officially called “Canary Bright”: a very light yellow, vivid.
- On-screen colour
#FFE300- RGB 255, 227, 0
- Family
- Yellows and golds
- Lightness
- 90 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Canary” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 973
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 444Lemon DarkΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 307LemonΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 726Topaz LightΔE 6.5 · close
- DMC 725Topaz Med LtΔE 10.3 · fairly close
- DMC 3819Moss Green LtΔE 10.9 · fairly close
- DMC 445Lemon LightΔE 11 · fairly close
- DMC 744Yellow PaleΔE 11.5 · fairly close
- DMC 743Yellow MedΔE 11.7 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 973 is easily confused with DMC 444 and DMC 307. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 973?
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.