DMC 3747 thread Blue Violet Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3747 is officially called “Blue Violet Vy Lt”: a very light blue, muted.
- On-screen colour
#D3D7ED- RGB 211, 215, 237
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 86 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Blue Violet” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3747
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 159Blue Gray LightΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 157Cornflower Blue Vy LtΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 800Delft Blue PaleΔE 5.4 · close
- DMC 341Blue Violet LightΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 7 · close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 3840Lavender Blue LightΔE 7.8 · close
- DMC 415Pearl GrayΔE 8 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3747 is easily confused with DMC 159, DMC 157 and DMC 800. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3747?
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.