DMC 3812 thread Sea Green Vy Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3812 is officially called “Sea Green Vy Dk”: a medium teal.
- On-screen colour
#2F8C84- RGB 47, 140, 132
- Family
- Teals and turquoises
- Lightness
- 53 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Sea Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3812
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 943Green Bright MdΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 3850Green Bright DkΔE 3.7 · very close
- DMC 3814AquamarineΔE 4.7 · very close
- DMC 3847Teal Green DarkΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 3848Teal Green MedΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 991Aquamarine DkΔE 7.6 · close
- DMC 3810Turquoise DarkΔE 9.7 · close
- DMC 3809Turquoise Vy DarkΔE 10.1 · fairly close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3812 is easily confused with DMC 943, DMC 3850, DMC 3814 and DMC 3847. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3812?
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.