144

Navy Blue Ultra VY L

Beside the three Anchor threads closest to it, so the only thing changing is the colour.

Anchor 144Navy Blue Ultra VY L

Anchor 144 is #A6BDD9, RGB 166 189 217. The three beside it are the closest of the 445 Anchor threads, measured the way the editor measures a colour match.

The same colour in DMC, Madeira and Cosmo

Range	Code	Colour	How close	Distance
DMC	3753	Moonlight Blue	close	4.7
Madeira	909	Delft	close	5.2
Cosmo	523	no name	close	3.5

Each one is the nearest thread that range has, picked by measurement rather than read off a maker's conversion chart. The number is how far apart the two colours are on the scale the editor uses to match a thread to a picture; under 1 and nobody could tell them apart.

Use Anchor 144 in a pattern

The colour on this page is our screen value for the thread, not the maker's. No thread maker publishes one, so every chart on the web is somebody's estimate, this one included. Use it to compare shades against each other, and buy from a real shade card.