221

Mars Red

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

DMC 221Mars Red

DMC 221 is #6D2329, RGB 109 35 41. The three beside it are the closest of the 482 DMC threads, measured the way the editor measures a colour match.

The same colour in Anchor, Madeira and Cosmo

Range	Code	Colour	How close	Distance
Anchor	45	Garnet VY DK	hard to tell apart	2.7
Madeira	513	Garnet DK	hard to tell apart	2.7
Cosmo	4300	no name	hard to tell apart	1.5

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 DMC 221 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.