DMC 3753 thread Antique Blue Ult Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3753 is officially called “Antique Blue Ult Vy Lt”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#DBE2E9- RGB 219, 226, 233
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 90 / 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 3753
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 01White TinΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 3.5 · very close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 3.9 · very close
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 3752Antique Blue Very LtΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 3841Baby Blue PaleΔE 4.4 · very close
- DMC 415Pearl GrayΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 762Pearl Gray Vy LtΔE 4.7 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3753 is easily confused with DMC 01, DMC 928, DMC 3072, DMC 162, DMC 3752, DMC 3841, DMC 415 and DMC 762. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3753?
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.