DMC 3756 thread Baby Blue Ult Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3756 is officially called “Baby Blue Ult Vy Lt”: a white.
- On-screen colour
#EEFCFC- RGB 238, 252, 252
- Family
- Whites and creams
- Lightness
- 98 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Baby Blue” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3756
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 747Peacock Blue Vy LtΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 775Baby Blue Very LightΔE 4.6 · very close
- DMC 162Blue Ultra Very LightΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 928Gray Green Vy LtΔE 5.9 · close
- DMC B5200Snow WhiteΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 3072Beaver Gray Vy LtΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC WHITEWhiteΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 762Pearl Gray Vy LtΔE 6.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3756 is easily confused with DMC 747, DMC 775, DMC 162 and DMC 928. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3756?
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.