DMC 155 thread Blue Violet Med Dark
DMC stranded cotton 155 is officially called “Blue Violet Med Dark”: a medium purple.
- On-screen colour
#9891B6- RGB 152, 145, 182
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 62 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Blue Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 155
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 340Blue Violet MediumΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 794Cornflower Blue LightΔE 7.7 · close
- DMC 160Blue Gray MediumΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 161Blue GrayΔE 8.9 · close
- DMC 156Blue Violet Med LtΔE 10.2 · fairly close
- DMC 209Lavender DarkΔE 10.3 · fairly close
- DMC 210Lavender MediumΔE 10.7 · fairly close
- DMC 3839Lavender Blue MedΔE 11.1 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 155, 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 155?
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.