DMC 3345 thread Hunter Green Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3345 is officially called “Hunter Green Dk”: a dark green.
- On-screen colour
#1B5915- RGB 27, 89, 21
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 33 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Hunter Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3345
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 895Hunter Green Vy DkΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 699GreenΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 319Pistachio Grn Vy DkΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 890Pistachio Grn Ult V DΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 3346Hunter GreenΔE 8.2 · close
- DMC 700Green BrightΔE 8.7 · close
- DMC 3818Emerald Grn Ult V DkΔE 9.6 · close
- DMC 561Celadon Green VDΔE 9.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3345 is easily confused with DMC 895, DMC 699 and DMC 319. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3345?
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.