DMC 3752 thread Antique Blue Very Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3752 is officially called “Antique Blue Very Lt”: a light blue, muted.
- On-screen colour
#C7D1DB- RGB 199, 209, 219
- Family
- Blues
- Lightness
- 83 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Antique Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3752
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 800Delft Blue PaleΔE 3.6 · very close
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 4.1 · very close
- DMC 159Blue Gray LightΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3753Antique Blue Ult Vy LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 415Pearl GrayΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 3325Baby Blue LightΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 168Pewter Very LightΔE 5.7 · close
- DMC 927Gray Green LightΔE 6.1 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3752 is easily confused with DMC 800, DMC 3841, DMC 159, DMC 3753, DMC 415, DMC 3325 and DMC 168. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3752?
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.