274

Grey Blue VY LT

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

Anchor 274Grey Blue VY LT

Anchor 274 is #A7B2B5, RGB 167 178 181. 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	168	Town Mouse Gray	hard to tell apart	1.7
Madeira	1805	Grey Green Ultra VY	close	4.1
Cosmo	980	no name	close	5.9

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 274 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.