DMC 9, Cocoa - Very Dark

DMC reference
9
Name
Cocoa - Very Dark
French name
Cacao très foncé
Colour
#552014 · rgb(85, 32, 20)
Family
Browns

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 9 went into the cloth. That is where you start when a shop is out of a reference.

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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 €2.70 at 11 shops, checked on 28/09/2026.

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