DMC 341 thread Blue Violet Light
DMC stranded cotton 341 is officially called “Blue Violet Light”: a light blue.
- On-screen colour
#B7BFDD- RGB 183, 191, 221
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 78 / 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 341
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 157Cornflower Blue Vy LtΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 3840Lavender Blue LightΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 156Blue Violet Med LtΔE 5 · close
- DMC 800Delft Blue PaleΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 3747Blue Violet Vy LtΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 159Blue Gray LightΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 340Blue Violet MediumΔE 8.1 · close
- DMC 809Delft BlueΔE 8.4 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 341 is easily confused with DMC 157, DMC 3840 and DMC 156. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 341?
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.