849

Grey Blue Med

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

Anchor 849Grey Blue Med

Anchor 849 is #7F8381, RGB 127 131 129. 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	169	Tin	close	4.8
Madeira	1708	Blue Grey LT	close	4.0
Cosmo	153A	no name	close	3.8

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 849 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.