DMC 317 to Anchor: Thread Conversion

Anchor 400 is a close match for DMC 317 Pewter Gray, capturing the mid-dark gray value well. The Anchor version may read very slightly cooler in tone under warm incandescent lighting, but in daylight or neutral LED light the two threads are visually equivalent for most practical purposes. This is a working substitution you can rely on for shadow fills, animal fur gradients, and architectural detail work where 317 is called. If you're mixing Anchor 400 with adjacent DMC grays in the same project (for example, using it as a single-skein substitute while the rest of your palette is DMC), compare threads in your working light to confirm the value reads consistently in context before you've committed to an entire section.