DMC 3813 thread Blue Green Lt
DMC stranded cotton 3813 is officially called “Blue Green Lt”: a light green.
- On-screen colour
#B2D4BD- RGB 178, 212, 189
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 82 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Blue Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3813
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 966Jade Ultra Vy LtΔE 1.4 · almost identical
- DMC 564Jade Very LightΔE 3.1 · very close
- DMC 504Blue Green Vy LtΔE 4 · very close
- DMC 3817Celadon Green LtΔE 5.2 · close
- DMC 955Nile Green LightΔE 6.1 · close
- DMC 164Forest Green LtΔE 6.3 · close
- DMC 964Sea Green LightΔE 7.5 · close
- DMC 993Aquamarine Vy LtΔE 7.7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3813 is easily confused with DMC 966, DMC 564, DMC 504 and DMC 3817. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3813?
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.