DMC 3041 thread Antique Violet Medium
DMC stranded cotton 3041 is officially called “Antique Violet Medium”: a medium pink.
- On-screen colour
#956F7C- RGB 149, 111, 124
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 51 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Antique Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3041
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3835Grape MediumΔE 8.2 · close
- DMC 3726Antique Mauve DarkΔE 8.4 · close
- DMC 316Antique Mauve MedΔE 8.6 · close
- DMC 553VioletΔE 8.9 · close
- DMC 3740Antique Violet DarkΔE 9.9 · close
- DMC 209Lavender DarkΔE 11.4 · fairly close
- DMC 451Shell Gray DarkΔE 11.6 · fairly close
- DMC 3860CocoaΔE 11.7 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 3041, 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 3041?
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.