DMC 3818 thread Emerald Grn Ult V Dk
DMC stranded cotton 3818 is officially called “Emerald Grn Ult V Dk”: a dark green.
- On-screen colour
#115A3B- RGB 17, 90, 59
- Family
- Greens
- Lightness
- 33 / 100
Approximate colour: no screen shows a thread exactly. Check against a DMC colour card.
DMC threads closest to 3818
Ranked by perceived colour difference (ΔE 2000): below 2.5 the eye can hardly tell them apart.
- DMC 500Blue Green Vy DkΔE 4.3 · very close
- DMC 319Pistachio Grn Vy DkΔE 5.6 · close
- DMC 561Celadon Green VDΔE 5.8 · close
- DMC 890Pistachio Grn Ult V DΔE 6.6 · close
- DMC 909Emerald Green Vy DkΔE 7 · close
- DMC 501Blue Green DarkΔE 8.1 · close
- DMC 3346Hunter GreenΔE 9.2 · close
- DMC 3345Hunter Green DkΔE 9.6 · close
Watch out for mix-ups on the chart
On a printed chart, DMC 3818 is easily confused with DMC 500, DMC 319 and DMC 561. Grillo’s “contrast colours” mode gives each thread a colour clearly different from its neighbours, and all-different symbols.
How many skeins of DMC 3818?
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.