DMC 3708 thread Melon Light
DMC stranded cotton 3708 is officially called “Melon Light”: a very light pink.
- On-screen colour
#FFCBD5- RGB 255, 203, 213
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 86 / 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 3708
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 605Cranberry Very LightΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 761Salmon LightΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 3689Mauve LightΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 3779Rosewood Ult Vy LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 151Dusty Rose Vry LtΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 3716Dusty Rose Med Vy LtΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 778Antique Mauve Vy LtΔE 6.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3708 is easily confused with DMC 605, DMC 761, DMC 3689, DMC 3779, DMC 151, DMC 963 and DMC 3716. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3708?
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.