DMC ECRU thread Ecru
DMC stranded cotton ECRU is officially called “Ecru”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#F0EADA- RGB 240, 234, 218
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 93 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to ECRU
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 822Beige Gray LightΔE 1.8 · almost identical
- DMC 712CreamΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 543Beige Brown Ult Vy LtΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 644Beige Gray MedΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 746Off WhiteΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 5 · close
- DMC 3865Winter WhiteΔE 5 · close
- DMC 3033Mocha Brown Vy LtΔE 5.1 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC ECRU is easily confused with DMC 822, DMC 712, DMC 543, DMC 644, DMC 746, DMC 3866, DMC 3865 and DMC 3033. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC ECRU?
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.