DMC 225 thread Shell Pink Ult Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 225 is officially called “Shell Pink Ult Vy Lt”: a very light beige.
- On-screen colour
#FFDFD5- RGB 255, 223, 213
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 91 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Shell Pink” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 225
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 0.7 · almost identical
- DMC 818Baby PinkΔE 1.8 · almost identical
- DMC 353PeachΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 948Peach Very LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 3713Salmon Very LightΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 950Desert Sand LightΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 951Tawny LightΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3774Desert Sand Vy LtΔE 5.1 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 225 is easily confused with DMC 967, DMC 818, DMC 353, DMC 948, DMC 3713, DMC 950, DMC 951 and DMC 3774. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 225?
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.