DMC 3779 thread Rosewood Ult Vy Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3779 is officially called “Rosewood Ult Vy Lt”: a very light pink.
- On-screen colour
#F8CAC8- RGB 248, 202, 200
- Family
- Pinks and fuchsias
- Lightness
- 85 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Rosewood” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3779
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 761Salmon LightΔE 2.1 · almost identical
- DMC 963Dusty Rose Ult Vy LtΔE 3.2 · very close
- DMC 3824Apricot LightΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 3689Mauve LightΔE 4.2 · very close
- DMC 754Peach LightΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 151Dusty Rose Vry LtΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 3708Melon LightΔE 4.8 · very close
- DMC 3716Dusty Rose Med Vy LtΔE 4.9 · very close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3779 is easily confused with DMC 761, DMC 963, DMC 3824, DMC 3689, DMC 754, DMC 151, DMC 3708 and DMC 3716. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3779?
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.