DMC 3705 thread Melon Dark
DMC stranded cotton 3705 is officially called “Melon Dark”: a medium pink.
- On-screen colour
#FF7992- RGB 255, 121, 146
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 67 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Melon” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3705
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 892Carnation MediumΔE 1.7 · almost identical
- DMC 899Rose MediumΔE 2.8 · very close
- DMC 3833Raspberry LightΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 893Carnation LightΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 3733Dusty RoseΔE 5 · close
- DMC 3806Cyclamen Pink LightΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 3712Salmon MediumΔE 6.8 · close
- DMC 891Carnation DarkΔE 7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3705 is easily confused with DMC 892, DMC 899, DMC 3833, DMC 893 and DMC 3733. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3705?
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.