DMC 157 thread Cornflower Blue Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 157 is officially called “Cornflower Blue Vy Lt”: a light blue.
- On-screen colour
#BBC3D9- RGB 187, 195, 217
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 79 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Cornflower Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 157
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 341Blue Violet LightΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 3840Lavender Blue LightΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 800Delft Blue PaleΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 159Blue Gray LightΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 3747Blue Violet Vy LtΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 156Blue Violet Med LtΔE 7 · close
- DMC 932Antique Blue LightΔE 7.3 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 157 is easily confused with DMC 341, DMC 3840, DMC 800, DMC 159 and DMC 3747. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 157?
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.