DMC 340 thread Blue Violet Medium
DMC stranded cotton 340 is officially called “Blue Violet Medium”: a medium purple.
- On-screen colour
#ADA7C7- RGB 173, 167, 199
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 70 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Blue Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 340
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 156Blue Violet Med LtΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 155Blue Violet Med DarkΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 160Blue Gray MediumΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 341Blue Violet LightΔE 8.1 · close
- DMC 794Cornflower Blue LightΔE 8.5 · close
- DMC 210Lavender MediumΔE 9.1 · close
- DMC 157Cornflower Blue Vy LtΔE 9.9 · close
- DMC 809Delft BlueΔE 10.7 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 340, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 340?
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.