Bearisgray is right. I had a pair of twill pants to hem and had absolutely no thread the right color. I took a swatch to JoAnns and the Coats & Clark "smoke" was a perfect match. :mrgreen: I would never have picked this color for anything else but I can see that it would be a good "neutral" for medium/dark colors, especially in piecing. I still use the old standbys though; white, gray and ecru.