DMC 3354 thread Dusty Rose Light
DMC stranded cotton 3354 is officially called “Dusty Rose Light”: a light pink.
- On-screen colour
#E4A6AC- RGB 228, 166, 172
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 74 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Dusty Rose” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3354
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3688Mauve MediumΔE 1.3 · almost identical
- DMC 3727Antique Mauve LightΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 760SalmonΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 3326Rose LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 776Pink MediumΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 778Antique Mauve Vy LtΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 894Carnation Very LightΔE 5 · close
- DMC 152Shell Pink Med LightΔE 5.4 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3354 is easily confused with DMC 3688, DMC 3727, DMC 760, DMC 3326, DMC 776, DMC 778, DMC 894 and DMC 152. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3354?
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.