DMC 154 thread Grape Very Dark
DMC stranded cotton 154 is officially called “Grape Very Dark”: a very dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#572433- RGB 87, 36, 51
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 22 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Grape” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 154
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3802Antique Mauve Vy DkΔE 9 · close
- DMC 902Garnet Very DarkΔE 10.2 · fairly close
- DMC 915Plum DarkΔE 10.5 · fairly close
- DMC 3834Grape DarkΔE 10.8 · fairly close
- DMC 550Violet Very DarkΔE 11 · fairly close
- DMC 3685Mauve Very DarkΔE 11.8 · fairly close
- DMC 315Antique Mauve Md DkΔE 12.5 · fairly close
- DMC 221Shell Pink Vy DkΔE 12.8 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 154, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 154?
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.