233

Shell Grey DK

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

Anchor 233Shell Grey DK

Anchor 233 is #6D615E, RGB 109 97 94. 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	04	Shadow	close	4.6
Madeira	1808	Shell Grey DK	the same colour to the eye	0.6
Cosmo	2037	no name	close	5.2

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 233 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.