DMC 3, Tin - Medium

DMC reference
3
Name
Tin - Medium
French name
Étain moyen
Colour
#B0B0B5 · rgb(176, 176, 181)
Family
Whites, greys & neutrals

The eight nearest shades

Measured by eye rather than by number: the perceived difference (CIEDE2000) says how far apart two skeins still look once they are stitched. Under two, nobody will see that something other than 3 went into the cloth. That is where you start when a shop is out of a reference.

See it in a chart

This shade is one of the 483 the converter can put in a pattern. Give it a photograph and it picks the threads for you, this one included when the picture calls for it.

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Where to buy it

From €0.94 to €2.30 at 11 shops, checked on 28/09/2026.

Charts using this thread

No published chart uses this one yet.