DMC 3688 thread Mauve Medium
DMC stranded cotton 3688 is officially called “Mauve Medium”: a light pink.
- On-screen colour
#E7A9AC- RGB 231, 169, 172
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 75 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Mauve” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3688
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3354Dusty Rose LightΔE 1.3 · almost identical
- DMC 760SalmonΔE 2.9 · very close
- DMC 3727Antique Mauve LightΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 3326Rose LightΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 776Pink MediumΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 957Geranium PaleΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 152Shell Pink Med LightΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 894Carnation Very LightΔE 4.7 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3688 is easily confused with DMC 3354, DMC 760, DMC 3727, DMC 3326, DMC 776, DMC 957, DMC 152 and DMC 894. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3688?
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.