/threads/dmc-3773

Retired DMC number

3773

DMC no longer makes 3773. The thread that took its place is DMC 407.

DMC 407 is #B17260, RGB 177 114 96. Open its page for the shades beside it and the nearest thread in the other three ranges.

What happened

A change to the rules on dyes in 2005 left fourteen DMC colours in seven pairs that nobody could tell apart. DMC kept one number out of each pair and stopped making the other, and the surviving skein carries both numbers on its label. 3773 is one of the seven that went, so a pattern calling for it is asking for DMC 407.

The other six are 504, 731, 776, 781, 806, 971.

Every DMC thread

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.