DMC 3326 thread Rose Light
DMC stranded cotton 3326 is officially called “Rose Light”: a light pink.
- On-screen colour
#FBADB4- RGB 251, 173, 180
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 78 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Rose” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3326
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 776Pink MediumΔE 1.1 · almost identical
- DMC 894Carnation Very LightΔE 1.4 · almost identical
- DMC 604Cranberry LightΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 760SalmonΔE 2.6 · very close
- DMC 3706Melon MediumΔE 2.6 · very close
- DMC 957Geranium PaleΔE 2.9 · very close
- DMC 3688Mauve MediumΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 3354Dusty Rose LightΔE 4.2 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3326 is easily confused with DMC 776, DMC 894, DMC 604, DMC 760, DMC 3706, DMC 957, DMC 3688 and DMC 3354. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3326?
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.