DMC WHITE thread White
DMC stranded cotton WHITE is officially called “White”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#FCFBF8- RGB 252, 251, 248
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 99 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to WHITE
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3865Winter WhiteΔE 1.6 · almost identical
- DMC B5200Snow WhiteΔE 1.7 · almost identical
- DMC 3866Mocha Brn Ult Vy LtΔE 2 · almost identical
- DMC 762Pearl Gray Vy LtΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 3024Brown Gray Vy LtΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 712CreamΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 746Off WhiteΔE 5.1 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC WHITE is easily confused with DMC 3865, DMC B5200, DMC 3866, DMC 762, DMC 3024, DMC 712, DMC 3072 and DMC 746. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC WHITE?
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.