DMC 208 thread Lavender Very Dark
DMC stranded cotton 208 is officially called “Lavender Very Dark”: a dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#835B8B- RGB 131, 91, 139
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 45 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Lavender” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 208
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3835Grape MediumΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 3746Blue Violet DarkΔE 8.2 · close
- DMC 553VioletΔE 8.8 · close
- DMC 333Blue Violet Very DarkΔE 10.4 · fairly close
- DMC 552Violet MediumΔE 10.6 · fairly close
- DMC 3837Lavender Ultra DarkΔE 10.6 · fairly close
- DMC 3740Antique Violet DarkΔE 12.3 · fairly close
- DMC 327Violet DarkΔE 12.3 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 208, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 208?
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.