DMC 158 thread Cornflower Blu M V D
DMC stranded cotton 158 is officially called “Cornflower Blu M V D”: a dark blue.
- On-screen colour
#4C526E- RGB 76, 82, 110
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 35 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 158
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 792Cornflower Blue DarkΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 791Cornflower Blue V DΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 333Blue Violet Very DarkΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 3807Cornflower BlueΔE 8.2 · close
- DMC 930Antique Blue DarkΔE 9.1 · close
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 9.3 · close
- DMC 336Navy BlueΔE 11 · fairly close
- DMC 803Baby Blue Ult Vy DkΔE 11.4 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 158 is easily confused with DMC 792 and DMC 791. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 158?
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.