DMC 162 thread Blue Ultra Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 162 is officially called “Blue Ultra Very Light”: a very light blue, muted.
- On-screen colour
#DBECF5- RGB 219, 236, 245
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 92 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 162
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 775Baby Blue Very LightΔE 1.6 · almost identical
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 3756Baby Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 747Peacock Blue Vy LtΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 827Blue Very LightΔE 6 · close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 6.4 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 162 is easily confused with DMC 775, DMC 3841, DMC 3753, DMC 3756, DMC 928 and DMC 747. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 162?
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.