DMC 3713 thread Salmon Very Light
DMC stranded cotton 3713 is officially called “Salmon Very Light”: a very light pink, muted.
- On-screen colour
#FFE2E2- RGB 255, 226, 226
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 92 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Salmon” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3713
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 818Baby PinkΔE 2.7 · very close
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 3.8 · very close
- DMC 967Apricot Very LightΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 225Shell Pink Ult Vy LtΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 819Baby Pink LightΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 151Dusty Rose Vry LtΔE 5.1 · close
- DMC 353PeachΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 3779Rosewood Ult Vy LtΔE 6.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3713 is easily confused with DMC 818, DMC 963, DMC 967, DMC 225, DMC 819, DMC 151 and DMC 353. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3713?
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.