DMC 3726 thread Antique Mauve Dark
DMC stranded cotton 3726 is officially called “Antique Mauve Dark”: a medium pink.
- On-screen colour
#9B5B66- RGB 155, 91, 102
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 46 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Antique Mauve” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3726
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3721Shell Pink DarkΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 315Antique Mauve Md DkΔE 7.6 · close
- DMC 3041Antique Violet MediumΔE 8.4 · close
- DMC 3350Dusty Rose Ultra DarkΔE 8.6 · close
- DMC 3740Antique Violet DarkΔE 9.2 · close
- DMC 316Antique Mauve MedΔE 9.7 · close
- DMC 3835Grape MediumΔE 9.8 · close
- DMC 3803Mauve DarkΔE 9.9 · close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 3726, so it stands out on a colour chart. On a black-and-white chart, Grillo can still colour every symbol for you.
How many skeins of DMC 3726?
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.