DMC 3803 thread Mauve Dark
DMC stranded cotton 3803 is officially called “Mauve Dark”: a dark purple.
- On-screen colour
#AB3357- RGB 171, 51, 87
- Family
- Purples and plums
- Lightness
- 41 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Mauve” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3803
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 150Dusty Rose Ult Vy DkΔE 4.9 · very close
- DMC 3831Raspberry DarkΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 3350Dusty Rose Ultra DarkΔE 5.3 · close
- DMC 777Raspberry Very DarkΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 326Rose Very DarkΔE 6.4 · close
- DMC 600Cranberry Very DarkΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 601Cranberry DarkΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 3721Shell Pink DarkΔE 7.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3803 is easily confused with DMC 150, DMC 3831 and DMC 3350. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3803?
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.