DMC 153 thread Violet Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 153 is officially called “Violet Very Light”: a light purple, muted.
- On-screen colour
#E6CCD9- RGB 230, 204, 217
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 85 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 153
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 151Dusty Rose Vry LtΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 211Lavender LightΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 3743Antique Violet Vy LtΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 7.1 · close
- DMC 3713Salmon Very LightΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 3708Melon LightΔE 7.2 · close
- DMC 554Violet LightΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 778Antique Mauve Vy LtΔE 7.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 153 is easily confused with DMC 151, DMC 211 and DMC 3743. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 153?
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.