DMC 151 thread Dusty Rose Vry Lt
DMC stranded cotton 151 is officially called “Dusty Rose Vry Lt”: a very light pink.
- On-screen colour
#F0CED4- RGB 240, 206, 212
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 86 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 151
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 153Violet Very LightΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 3779Rosewood Ult Vy LtΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3708Melon LightΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 3713Salmon Very LightΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 761Salmon LightΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 818Baby PinkΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 778Antique Mauve Vy LtΔE 6.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 151 is easily confused with DMC 963, DMC 153, DMC 3779, DMC 3708, DMC 3713 and DMC 761. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 151?
A skein of DMC stranded cotton is 8 m long and splits into 6 strands. Stitched with 2 strands on 14-count Aida, it covers about 1,800 cross stitches. For your own chart, the cross-stitch calculator gives the number of skeins and the finished size.