So, I was at Michael's caving in to my unhinged compulsion of resorting out of place colors when I came upon (2) DMC 746 - Off White in a spot for Ecru. Went to put it in its cubby when I saw several skeins of light blue thread. Assuming carelessness or discalculia, I looked at the light blue to look for its proper spot.

Nope! It's ALSO 746!

Poor discontinued color must have been languishing in back stock for who knows how long. I'm not a thread collector so I didn't buy any skeins. However, it was quite the surprise to see older thread in the big-box wilds.