DMC 3348 thread Yellow Green Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3348 is officially called “Yellow Green Lt”: a light green.
- On-screen colour
#CCD9B1- RGB 204, 217, 177
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 85 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Yellow Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3348
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 164Forest Green LtΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 524Fern Green Vy LtΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 369Pistachio Green Vy LtΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 772Yellow Green Vy LtΔE 7 · close
- DMC 966Jade Ultra Vy LtΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 368Pistachio Green LtΔE 7.7 · close
- DMC 504Blue Green Vy LtΔE 8.2 · close
- DMC 472Avocado Grn U LtΔE 8.2 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3348 is easily confused with DMC 164, DMC 524 and DMC 369. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3348?
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.