380

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

Cosmo 380

Cosmo 380 is #C9B5AC, RGB 201 181 172. The three beside it are the closest of the 500 Cosmo threads, measured the way the editor measures a colour match.

The same colour in DMC, Anchor and Madeira

Range	Code	Colour	How close	Distance
DMC	453	Dove Gray	hard to tell apart	2.5
Anchor	388	Beige Brown LT	hard to tell apart	1.7
Madeira	1806	Shell Grey LT	close	3.9

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 Cosmo 380 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.