DMC 7, Driftwood

DMC reference: 7
Name: Driftwood
French name: Bois flotté
Colour: #B29782 · rgb(178, 151, 130)
Family: Browns

The eight nearest shades

Measured by eye rather than by number: the perceived difference (CIEDE2000) says how far apart two skeins still look once they are stitched. Under two, nobody will see that something other than 7 went into the cloth. That is where you start when a shop is out of a reference.

DMC 841 · Beige Brown - Light · Brun beige clair · #BE987A · ΔE 4.0
DMC 3864 · Mocha Beige - Light · Beige moka clair · #C9AA92 · ΔE 6.0
DMC 452 · Shell Gray - Medium · Gris coquille moyen · #AD9994 · ΔE 7.1
DMC 842 · Beige Brown - Very Light · Brun beige très clair · #CBB094 · ΔE 7.7
DMC 3032 · Mocha Brown - Medium · Brun moka moyen · #9D8868 · ΔE 8.2
DMC 612 · Drab Brown - Light · Brun terne clair · #B89E6D · ΔE 9.6
DMC 3023 · Brown Gray - Light · Gris brun clair · #A29B86 · ΔE 9.6
DMC 453 · Shell Gray - Light · Gris coquille clair · #CCB8AA · ΔE 9.7

In the other brands

This thread's equivalent in Anchor, Madeira and Cosmo: the one in Madeira's table when it gives one, otherwise the nearest.

Anchor 899 · nearest, ΔE 4.4
Madeira 2601 · nearest, ΔE 7.1
Cosmo 382 · nearest, ΔE 5.3

See it in a chart

This shade is one of the 483 the converter can put in a pattern. Give it a photograph and it picks the threads for you, this one included when the picture calls for it.

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Where to buy it

From €0.94 to €2.70 at 11 shops, checked on 20/10/2026.

Charts using this thread

No published chart uses this one yet.