DMC 3808 thread Turquoise Ult Vy Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3808 is officially called “Turquoise Ult Vy Dk”: a dark teal.
- On-screen colour
#366970- RGB 54, 105, 112
- Family
- Teals and turquoises
- Lightness
- 41 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Turquoise” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3808
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 3809Turquoise Vy DarkΔE 7 · close
- DMC 3842Wedgewood Vry DkΔE 7.1 · close
- DMC 924Gray Green Vy DarkΔE 7.6 · close
- DMC 3765Peacock Blue Vy DkΔE 8.3 · close
- DMC 517Wedgewood DarkΔE 9 · close
- DMC 3847Teal Green DarkΔE 10.4 · fairly close
- DMC 824Blue Very DarkΔE 10.6 · fairly close
- DMC 991Aquamarine DkΔE 11.1 · fairly close
An easy thread to spot
No other DMC thread is really close to 3808, 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 3808?
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.