DMC B5200 thread Snow White
DMC stranded cotton B5200 is officially called “Snow White”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#FFFFFF- RGB 255, 255, 255
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 100 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to B5200
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC WHITEWhiteΔE 1.7 · almost identical
- DMC 3865Winter WhiteΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 762Pearl Gray Vy LtΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 712CreamΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 01White TinΔE 6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC B5200 is easily confused with DMC WHITE, DMC 3865, DMC 3866, DMC 762, DMC 3024, DMC 3072 and DMC 712. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC B5200?
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.