DMC 3815 thread Celadon Green Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3815 is officially called “Celadon Green Dk”: a medium green.
- On-screen colour
#477759- RGB 71, 119, 89
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 46 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
The “Celadon Green” range
From lightest to darkest: handy for gradients and shading.
DMC threads closest to 3815
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 501Blue Green DarkΔE 3.4 · very close
- DMC 163Celadon Green MdΔE 4.5 · very close
- DMC 505Jade GreenΔE 5.5 · close
- DMC 910Emerald Green DarkΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 561Celadon Green VDΔE 6.2 · close
- DMC 991Aquamarine DkΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 909Emerald Green Vy DkΔE 6.7 · close
- DMC 367Pistachio Green DkΔE 7 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3815 is easily confused with DMC 501, DMC 163 and DMC 505. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3815?
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.