DMC 353 thread Peach
DMC stranded cotton 353 is officially called “Peach”: a very light beige.
- On-screen colour
#FED7CC- RGB 254, 215, 204
- Family
- Beiges and skin tones
- Lightness
- 89 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Peach” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 353
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 2.2 · almost identical
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 2.5 · very close
- DMC 754Peach LightΔE 2.9 · very close
- DMC 818Baby PinkΔE 3 · very close
- DMC 3824Apricot LightΔE 3.3 · very close
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 950Desert Sand LightΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3779Rosewood Ult Vy LtΔE 5.2 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 353 is easily confused with DMC 967, DMC 225, DMC 754, DMC 818, DMC 3824, DMC 963, DMC 950 and DMC 3779. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 353?
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.