DMC 3768 thread Gray Green Dark
DMC stranded cotton 3768 is officially called “Gray Green Dark”: a medium teal, muted.
- On-screen colour
#657F7F- RGB 101, 127, 127
- Family
- Teals and turquoises
- Lightness
- 51 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Gray Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3768
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3809Turquoise Vy DarkΔE 7.9 · close
- DMC 924Gray Green Vy DarkΔE 8 · close
- DMC 3765Peacock Blue Vy DkΔE 9.4 · close
- DMC 3810Turquoise DarkΔE 9.5 · close
- DMC 3848Teal Green MedΔE 9.7 · close
- DMC 991Aquamarine DkΔE 9.8 · close
- DMC 3814AquamarineΔE 10.4 · fairly close
- DMC 3847Teal Green DarkΔE 11 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 3768, 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 3768?
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.