DMC 159 thread Blue Gray Light
DMC stranded cotton 159 is officially called “Blue Gray Light”: a light blue, muted.
- On-screen colour
#C7CAD7- RGB 199, 202, 215
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 82 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Blue Gray” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 159
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 800Delft Blue PaleΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 157Cornflower Blue Vy LtΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3747Blue Violet Vy LtΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 415Pearl GrayΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 168Pewter Very LightΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 3840Lavender Blue LightΔE 6.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 159 is easily confused with DMC 800, DMC 157, DMC 3752, DMC 3747 and DMC 415. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 159?
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.