DMC 311 thread Wedgewood Ult VyDk
DMC stranded cotton 311 is officially called “Wedgewood Ult VyDk”: a dark blue.
- On-screen colour
#1C5066- RGB 28, 80, 102
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 32 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 311
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3750Antique Blue Very DkΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 803Baby Blue Ult Vy DkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 3842Wedgewood Vry DkΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 930Antique Blue DarkΔE 8 · close
- DMC 824Blue Very DarkΔE 9.5 · close
- DMC 312Baby Blue Very DarkΔE 9.8 · close
- DMC 796Royal Blue DarkΔE 10 · fairly close
- DMC 797Royal BlueΔE 10.1 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 311, 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 311?
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.