DMC 3362 thread Pine Green Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3362 is officially called “Pine Green Dk”: a dark green.
- On-screen colour
#5E6B47- RGB 94, 107, 71
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 43 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Pine Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3362
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3051Green Gray DkΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 520Fern Green DarkΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 987Forest Green DkΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 367Pistachio Green DkΔE 6 · close
- DMC 937Avocado Green MdΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 3346Hunter GreenΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 936Avocado Grn V DkΔE 8.1 · close
- DMC 3363Pine Green MdΔE 8.9 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3362 is easily confused with DMC 3051, DMC 520 and DMC 987. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3362?
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.