DMC 3740 thread Antique Violet Dark
DMC stranded cotton 3740 is officially called “Antique Violet Dark”: a dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#785762- RGB 120, 87, 98
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 41 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Antique Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3740
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 315Antique Mauve Md DkΔE 7.1 · close
- DMC 3860CocoaΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 3802Antique Mauve Vy DkΔE 8 · close
- DMC 3726Antique Mauve DarkΔE 9.2 · close
- DMC 3041Antique Violet MediumΔE 9.9 · close
- DMC 3835Grape MediumΔE 10.3 · fairly close
- DMC 779Cocoa DarkΔE 10.5 · fairly close
- DMC 309Rose DarkΔE 11.7 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 3740, 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 3740?
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.