DMC 3042 thread Antique Violet Light
DMC stranded cotton 3042 is officially called “Antique Violet Light”: a medium pink, muted.
- On-screen colour
#B79DA7- RGB 183, 157, 167
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 67 / 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 3042
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3836Grape LightΔE 6.9 · close
- DMC 3727Antique Mauve LightΔE 8.4 · close
- DMC 778Antique Mauve Vy LtΔE 8.9 · close
- DMC 210Lavender MediumΔE 9 · close
- DMC 554Violet LightΔE 9.4 · close
- DMC 3861Cocoa LightΔE 10.2 · fairly close
- DMC 452Shell Gray MedΔE 10.6 · fairly close
- DMC 3354Dusty Rose LightΔE 10.8 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 3042, 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 3042?
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.