DMC 164 thread Forest Green Lt
DMC stranded cotton 164 is officially called “Forest Green Lt”: a light green.
- On-screen colour
#C8D8B8- RGB 200, 216, 184
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 84 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Forest Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 164
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3348Yellow Green LtΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 524Fern Green Vy LtΔE 3.3 · very close
- DMC 369Pistachio Green Vy LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 966Jade Ultra Vy LtΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 504Blue Green Vy LtΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 3813Blue Green LtΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 772Yellow Green Vy LtΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 564Jade Very LightΔE 7.2 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 164 is easily confused with DMC 3348, DMC 524, DMC 369, DMC 966 and DMC 504. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 164?
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.